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  • Even though I've done a lot it also feels like I haven't done a lot. I've sort of popped in for supporting roles in things, and that's been really delightful.

    Roles   Done   Feels  
    Source: collider.com
  • It's interesting playing something that the audience doesn't fully know.

    Source: www.avclub.com
  • You meet these people who are confident all the time. They annoy me. And I wonder if it's because I'm envious or if it's because they're shallow.

    "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • 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.

    Trying   Film   Enough  
    Interview with Jenni Miller, www.gq.com. April 12, 2012.
  • I'm constantly trying to be as original as I can.

    "Guy Pearce, 'Lockout' Star, On His New Motto: 'Deal With It, I’m Guy Pearce'". Interview with Mike Ryan, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 10, 2012.
  • 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.

    Real   Musician   Sound  
    Source: www.aboutfilm.com
  • The funny thing is, because I was doing a lot of theater when I was a kid, and a lot of that was musical theater, as I got older I became more interested in acting as a separate entity and music as a separate entity, like songwriting and production and recording and playing music.

    Source: www.aboutfilm.com
  • English is no problem for me because I am actually English. My whole family are English; I was brought up listening to various forms of the English accent.

    Source: www.aboutfilm.com
  • I'm definitely not non-chalant. I have to leave nonchalant at home when I'm working on something, otherwise I just don't feel like I'm committed, and I've gotta be fully committed.

    Source: collider.com
  • You can have a great time on a film and the chemistry can seem great but then you look at the finished film and it just doesn't quite gel, something doesn't quite work.

    Looks   Chemistry   Film  
    "Guy Pearce Exclusive Interview; Talks THE KING’S SPEECH, Luc Besson’s LOCKOUT, DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK, More". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. April 9, 2012.
  • Growing up, I was a kid pretending to be an adult.

    "This much I know: Guy Pearce" by Jane Mulkerrins, www.theguardian.com. June 09, 2012.
  • You do feel kind of nervous about any film you take on.

    Kind   Film   Nervous  
    Source: collider.com
  • 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.

    Fun   Thinking   Lazy  
  • 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.

    Hate   People   Kind  
    "Profile and Interview: Guy Pearce". Interview with Carlo Cavagna, www.aboutfilm.com. June, 2003.
  • If you look at the films that I've done generally, you would probably get an idea of what I'm most interested in, and if ever I do something unusual like a science fiction film or an action film or a comedy or something, then that to me feels like a step to the side to do something different.

    Ideas   Sides   Steps  
    Source: collider.com
  • I'll generally write out every scene that's in the film on a couple of pieces of paper, just with a little one-line. And then I can scan it a bit and go, 'This first third of the film, generally, I'm kind of calm.' Then I might do something on one piece of paper that just relates to the energy of the character.

  • I grew up with such an affinity to cats. I adore the way that they think and operate.

    Cat   Thinking   Way  
    "Portrait of the artist" by Chrissy Iley, www.theguardian.com. March 03, 2007.
  • Every time you say yes to a film there's a certain percentage of your yes that has to do with the director, a certain percentage to do with the story, a certain percentage with the character, the location, etc.

    Source: collider.com
  • The world doesn't just disappear when you close your eyes, does it?

    Eye   Doe   World  
  • I'm happy in a silent world - well, not a silent world but one that relies on - I'm in a pretty physical actor I suppose anyway, and I just don't - I don't struggle that idea of emotional expression just because there aren't words to explain yourself.

    "In 'The Rover,' Guy Pearce Takes A Bleak Road Trip". "Here and Now" with Jeremy Hobson, nhpr.org. June 18, 2014.
  • My problem is I'm an addictive personality. I can't have one coffee. I can't eat one piece of chocolate. I can't have a little bit of drugs.

    "Guy Pearce: Don't look down" by Ryan Gilbey, www.theguardian.com. December 03, 2010.
  • You never really know what the director has got in his mind as far as the scene visually and art direction wise, etc. Even if you do, sometimes there's a side of things that don't necessarily gel the way people intend. So there a bit of a mystical entity, film.

    Wise   Art   People  
    "Guy Pearce Exclusive Interview; Talks THE KING’S SPEECH, Luc Besson’s LOCKOUT, DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK, More". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. April 9, 2012.
  • If it's a great role or a great film, then you're happy to be a part of it.

    Roles   Film   Great Film  
    Source: www.avclub.com
  • Ultimately the most challenging thing, always, is to just be convincing

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

    Past   Action   Havens  
  • Because in Australia we're so inundated with American culture, television, this that and the other, everyone in Australia can do an American accent. It's just second nature.

    Source: www.aboutfilm.com
  • A lot of action characters are a little bit too serious as well. They take themselves a bit too seriously, which I don't find particularly interesting, whereas I like the fact that there was at least some humor in this because really it's a piece of entertainment.

    "Guy Pearce Talks LOCKOUT and Possible Sequel, PROMETHEUS, LAWLESS, and Untitled Drake Doremus Project". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. April 9, 2012.
  • I used to work out in the gym a lot when I was younger. I was a competition body builder when I was 16 or something crazy like that for a short period of time. So, the gym is quite familiar and I know what I'm doing there.

    Source: collider.com
  • I had to put the word out to people that I didn't cost a fortune, and I was prepared to work at home. Because that's the assumption: "Well, he lives in America now, we can't afford him, we won't bother."

    Home   America   People  
    Source: www.aboutfilm.com
  • 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.

    "The GQA: Guy Pearce". Interview with Jenni Miller, www.gq.com. April 12, 2012.
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