Australian - Actor | June 23, 1974 -
There's a real sense of fighting and destruction in our DNA that we don't get in touch with.
Joel Edgerton
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'The Great Gatsby' ticked so many boxes for me.
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Sometimes, the smaller roles in movies can be the most interesting. If you only take the stance that you'll only play central characters in movies, you'll find yourself not being able to indulge in that morally grey terrain that makes support characters so rich and interesting.
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Every job leaves its residue, a bit of extra knowledge, a new skill-set.
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One of the things I've always enjoyed is moving around and staying fit. Physicality is such a big part of being an actor, but it's also about stillness and silence.
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I can't sing or dance.
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I have always stuck to my guns about what I want from the work and what interests me. I've never been seduced down the evil path. The path of taking the money.
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I think the life of an actor is glamorous to other people, but then the reality sets in: you don't know where you will be next year or how long you'll be there for.
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I don't want at the end of my life to look back at just a bunch of fictional movies I was involved in that kept taking me away from the real world.
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I've signed four autographs for Sam Worthington in L.A., and I haven't told any of the people that I'm not him.
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I wanted to make a movie that was kind of a tribute to the way I feel when I watch a John Hughes movie.
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There's definitely a fascination with crime stories and stories of characters acting out against authority.
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