Guy Pearce Quotes

I'm far more comfortable in my 40s than I ever was.

A lot of people are going to hate me for saying this, but one of my least favorite kinds of music, or the kind of music that I feel I've so got out of my system, is musicals music.

I find it really difficult to even articulate things that I've done in the past. I express myself through the characters that I play, not through the articulation of them later.

I'm constantly trying to be as original as I can.

I never really enjoyed the fame stuff.

If I'm exhausted, physically and particularly emotionally, I can't tell what's good and I can't tell what's bad and I'm useless.

I am geared towards communicating on a female level.

Memory isn't the facts, it's just a record you keep to yourself. With the facts, memory is useless.

Growing up, I was a kid pretending to be an adult.

The world doesn't just disappear when you close your eyes, does it?

I've been asked to do action-oriented movies in the past and they just haven't been right for me.

I have a real love of sound and the shape of the sound. I'm a musician, and I'm fascinated with the effects of sound, and tone, and pitch and melody and all that sort of stuff.

You would think that with ten super-famous people in one movie, it's gonna be ten times more popular or viewed, but on some level, they can cancel each other out.

I don't feel I'm making a conscious effort to go more commercial.

Having a partner who has nothing to do with Hollywood helps keep things in perspective.

I think a lot of actors take on fun roles and then they're lazy or flippant with them. I just can't do that.

Comic-strip stuff isn't really my cup of tea, really.

I went through a period where I just wanted to punch everybody. Since then, I've had a lot of therapy and I've figured a lot of things out.

I'm never there enough to really keep up with what's going on in the Australian film industry. I just try and be part of it as much as I can.

Success comes in waves.