Top 23 Quotes & Sayings by Hayden Christensen
Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Canadian actor Hayden Christensen.
Last updated on November 21, 2024.
One of the things I find about acting is that the less the audience knows about the actor, the more they're able to believe in him in the role.
Between takes I find it difficult to switch off and then try and re-emerge myself in the part, so I try to stay in that frame of mine all day. It can be exhausting and you lose a sense of self, but it is the method that works best for me.
I'm just this kid from Toronto who got his start.
Actors are observers. They're trying to have an understanding of human sensibility. And how do you have that accurate observation if you regard yourself as someone of great importance? When you're the one constantly being observed, because they view you as a celebrity? It's all wrong.
For me, when I'm making a movie I like to stay in character throughout the day.
I wish they taught green screen acting classes.
I love my mother Ali so much. I'm a momma's boy. I just have a very cool mom. It's not as though I had any say in the matter. I'm just really fortunate. She's the most kind, loving, giving woman.
I try to stay away from the L.A. scene as much as possible. I feel it helps me to better prepare for my roles if I am not too involved in that whole thing.
I have two sisters and a mother, obviously, so I grew up with a household of girls. Maybe I have a greater respect for women because of it.
I love acting because it's a bit of an escape. It gives you the ability to reinvent yourself. They say that acting is the shy man's revenge.
I've always been kind of a hermit.
A long time ago, in a country not so far away, I was eight years old, doing my best Darth Vader imitation.
Everyone has their own approach to how they work.
I don't find Hollywood interesting, so I'm thinking of studying architecture instead.
All I want is all what my mother wanted for me when she raised me - to be happy. For that, I don't need to be in a relationship. I don't need to have a certain level of respect. I just want to care very much about what I do and be kind to everyone in the process. It's important that I can feel that. That's happiness.
Look, I'm just this kid from Toronto who got his start in school plays. I still live with my folks who make me mow the grass and take the garbage out. Then one day, I'm on this multimillion dollar set surrounded by R2D2 and C3PO. Every nuance was surreal. The saber. A thrill. The outfit and cloak? Mind-boggling. Meeting R2D2. An out-of-body experience.
I have read articles about me where a reporter has exaggerated something that I communicated, but I wouldn't say there's ever been a lie told about me.
As an actor, I usually try and keep my motivation within the context of what the character is going through.
Ewan McGregor and I had very similar first-time light sabre experiences. We both burned ourselves! These things are hot - they're full of batteries!
I like to take things as they come and, as much as possible, not force anything. I think I could wind up somewhere completely different five years from now, something completely removed from acting - I could be perfectly content studying photography or English literature. At the same time, I love what I'm doing right now and could see doing this for a very long time.
I don't see how you can give someone who lied to the extent that he did a second chance in the same line of work.
I don't think things like trust should just be handed out. You have to earn that.
Journalism is just the art of capturing behavior.
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