Top 177 Quotes & Sayings by Joel Edgerton - Page 3

Unfortunately, the Egyptians weren't the greatest artists in the world.

I'm the great-great-grandson of a sheep stealer.

You've got to be really careful that you're not falling into the Hollywood trap, you know?

Whenever you're trying to do your own take on a classic piece of literature, it's almost like you're trying to swim up your own stream or drive down your own path.

I think it's great to be able to go and watch a short film before you watch a feature.

The Australians are actually the worst of the criminals from the United Kingdom, but not worst as in toughest. They're the ones who did stupid little things and got caught for it. Bad criminals.

I reckon I would be able compare anything to anything else if you gave me enough time.

It's easier to play aggression and malevolence onscreen, often, than to hit softer notes.

To me, 'Warrior' was a real turning point - probably one of the greatest experiences I've ever had as an actor on set.

The only way for you to show what you can do is to actually do.

What an audience decides about where certain characters come from is really up to them.

I operate under the theory that all publicity is good publicity, and then, if that theory doesn't work, you just say that any newspaper article ends up on the bottom of the parrot cage. But, of course, you can't line a parrot cage with Internet bloggers, can you?

The nature of human beings is that we're competitive, and the chances are there's someone out there who's going to work harder than you and want it more than you.

Sometimes I just wonder if I'm being led by variety. If one film leads me down one path, sometimes I just want to turn around and head the opposite way for the next project. I hope that's not the case, but sometimes I suspect that.

I don't appreciate, really, talking to journalists when there's a sense of wanting to kick up dust to sell more papers or get more hits on their Internet site.

People talk about the difference between working on stage and working on film. I think you could say that there are as many differences between working on low budget films and working on big budget films. You really are doing the same thing, but at the same time you're doing something vastly different as well.

I always wonder why people cast me in anything.

Part of the privilege of being an actor is the people you get to work with.

To me, I think I'm just going to keep focused and forward on what I'm doing, work-wise, rather than searching for any kind of meaning in it.

I was raised Catholic, and I remember in all the pamphlets and pictures we'd look at, Jesus was basically blonde with blue eyes. He kind of looked like Jared Leto.

I had a black belt in Shotokan as a kid.

I did have someone tell me that I looked like Conan O'Brien. I was like, 'What?'

In Australia, there aren't a lot of people committed to art, so these communities form that are dedicated to music, theater, cinema, but they're very small. So, they tend to move ahead on the power of collaboration, enthusiasm and creativity.

I don't have any kids of my own.

Blue Tongue Films is a very important part of my life.

My whole journey and career has been really interesting, but the one element it never really had was any sense of great momentum.

I don't want to be too power-hungry.

The downside to making movies at a gallop like we did with 'Wish You Were Here' is that we're shooting four or five scenes in a day, and it's very exhilarating, but you worry at the end of the day that you missed some details because you were moving too quick, and you just gotta trust and be ready straightaway.

Cultures render their icons in their own image. Which comes down to vanity, in some sense.

The narrator of a documentary often comes in at the last minute and takes some of the glory they don't deserve.

Gavin O'Connor, I'd walk into a fire for that guy. He's a brilliant filmmaker and a passionate man.

What makes a really great fighter is a combination of ingredients: one is everything physical that you can do, and the other is what's mentally there for you. And I think that comes down to how big your heart is and what's driving you.

People love boxing, but you've gotta wait two or three years for your favorite boxer to have a fight.

I oftentimes find with movies that the heavier the onscreen situation is, the more levity there is off screen. It's almost out of necessity.

It's funny how sometimes you learn things off the Internet before they're actually told to you.

I spent a lot of time outdoors as a kid.

I learned a great lesson early on, even before I was really an actor, from that movie 'Planes, Trains & Automobiles' that John Hughes made: that you could make a movie that's really, really, really, really funny, and sometimes you can still achieve... making the audience feel very deep emotions as well.

I do know one thing: it's best not to read the Internet.

Pulled pork jokes never get old.

Australians and the British are very similar: If you try and stand out in any way, and you try to reach for success, someone is gonna be there to cut you down.

The best jujitsu practitioners are really serene and grounded.

You can't really be picky when no one is offering you anything.

I always kept myself fairly fit.

North America makes a ton of movies and there's a ton of movies that are exceptional.

Basically you want as many people as possible to see your movie.

I remember my brother Nash had just directed me in 'The Square,' and I was sitting in Australia going: 'No one's called me about working for ages. I don't know if I'm ever going to get another job.

When people are really great at what they do there is no aggression because they are comfortable in their own skin. They know themselves well enough that you don't have anything to prove.

I'm not scared of doing movies that are just about entertainment. I'm not scared of doing movies that are really challenging and cover difficult terrain. I just want good experiences and I want to challenge myself and I want to just keep learning, as an actor.

The last TV show I binged on was 'Hannibal' because it stars two of my friends, Mads Mikkelsen and Hugh Dancy, who I first met filming 'King Arthur' back in 2003, and I just lapped this show up; loved it.

I'm really good at judging and observing other people, but not myself.

At some point, you have to disconnect, if the obsession with playing a real person gets in the way of the movie at large. At the same time, we're all interested, as actors in trying to get as close to the real thing as we can, and whatever you can do in order to create that transformation feels fun and, for me, the furthest I can get away from myself is fun. It's all part of the costume, the accent, and all that stuff. It's about trying to get close without it being a detriment to the point of view of the story that you're trying to tell.

I have a lot of ideas that I feel are half-formed, or half-way okay.

What I like is having a conversation that gets you on the right page. And, if that means having conversations in lieu of rehearsal - I don't wanna get up and cook the thing before we shoot it but I do wanna know that me and the director know exactly what we both want to achieve, and that we're moving in the same direction.

I often times find with movies that the heavier the onscreen situation is, the more levity there is off screen. It's almost out of necessity.

The recipe for any character is always very interesting, as far as what doses of certain qualities you want.

There's something nice about making a night of the theater rather than sitting in front of your TV.

The Great Gatsby' ticked so many boxes for me.