R.A.Lucas Quotes

If you can tune into the fantasy life of an 11-year-old girl, you can make a fortune in this business.

After you've done the first feature, then you have heck of a difficult time getting your second film off the ground. They look at your first film and they say, "Oh well, we don't want you anymore."

Success is a very difficult thing. It's much more difficult than one might think.

I like Star Wars, it's fun and I enjoy doing it. But it's definitely not my life. I'm a bigger movie fan than I am Star Wars fan. I like making movies.

You can't put a title card at the head of the movie and say, "Well, we really had a bad problem. You know, the actor got sick and it rained this day and we had a hurricane."

You have to have a thick enough skin to cope with the criticism. I'm very self-critical and I have a lot of friends that I trust who are film directors and writers and people in my profession.

The first movies, they just put up a camera and had a train come into a train station, and everybody was amazed. That was sort of all technology.

I was always extremely curious about why people did the things they do.

Although I write screenplays, I don't think I'm a very good writer. I'm very interested in studying cultures and social issues, but as an academic I don't think I would have been too successful.

Learning to make films is very easy. Learning what to make films about is very hard. What you’ve really got to do is focus on learning as much about life, and about various aspects of it first.

Because we [people] have an intellect, part of what we do is try to understand the "intelligent design." Everything we don't know is "intelligent design." Everything we do know is science.

I'd be the first person to say I can't write dialogue. My dialogue is very utilitarian and is designed to move things forward. I'm not Shakespeare. It's not designed to be poetic.

We seemed to be drifting as a society - losing touch with the basic concepts of right and wrong.

Let the debate begin, let the rest of the world know that the iconic symbol of the United Kingdom may change

I believe that the Union Flag should change now to reflect the four nations of the United Kingdom - England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales

I’ve always been quiet, more of an observer.

Change, of course, is growth, and anything that is not growing is either paralysed or it's not alive, because that's life; we always change and we grow.

You can't give if your cup of inspiration isn't full.

I'm a fatalist. I believe things happen for a reason, that you attract people and situations that are meant to fulfil your path.

I like to keep mobile. It keeps my mind awake.

I grew up around animals [seven horses, dogs and now a pet goldfish named Leila] and I'm rebelling against them not having a natural existence.

Acting kind of chose me.

My first audition was the worst I have ever done, ever.

My dad is a pilot so I think I was born with the travel bug.

I'm really drawn to European films.

I go by intuition. Work-wise, that means asking myself if a role will push me outside my comfort zone, challenge me to learn something new.

I find it tricky to make plans.

I don't think it's unusual to spend time with your castmate.

My best friend was Aboriginal.

I'm not going to date a crazy party animal; I'm more into culture. I'd rather go to a museum, travel somewhere, or go to a play. That's more interesting to me than partying at the hottest club.

L.A. can be very superficial, and it's hard to meet cool people here. I try to stay away from the glitzy side of the business and have a normal life as much as possible. I keep to myself.

I think I become close to the people that I work with.

As much as I like watching horror films, I never thought I would act in them.

If you're going to be a zombie in a movie, you go big or go home.

I like my job and I want to do well at it but I think there's much more integrity to being a journalist maybe than being an actor.

I like to challenge myself and I like to try new things.

Sometimes it's harder to play good tennis with a bad tennis player - the same way it's hard to be a good actor with a bad actor. It's just an unpleasant experience.

I've worked with some incredibly difficult directors but my understanding is that a lot of the best people are driven from a place of being extremely challenging and dark within their way

I'm challenged by people like Russell Crowe and Sean Penn who come in with such incredible discipline and power.

My instincts are not comedic.

I was making choices that were very specific: Make a living, take care of your family, and if you can, find some movies that you can sink your teeth into.

New York has got this sort of wonderful romantic idea of the South

No, well, my father's definitely not Christopher Walken.

I think I've spent so much time playing characters that are so far away from me and learning how to technically build and how to technically put something on top of you.

I'll look at the script and I'll try to find as many books, movies, and pieces of music that I think are going to feed each scene or the character as a whole

I want to be so strong as an actor that people wouldn't say... eh, that's Josh Lucas

The Hulk, that was the experience of my life, so far.

It's the South that maintains the idea that they're different, which is interesting because nobody else really cares

Movies and life become a little more symmetrical when you start asking for and looking for connections.

For a long time, I worked in film and theater, but reading started when I was much younger. I was always a reader.