Quotes from Guy Pearce


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I tend to project my father figure onto any director that I'm working with, or mother, if I'm working with a female, or it can be confused.


The reality is that we have all these awards and all these festivals that give out awards, so you sort of go, 'okay, well, people liked the film, and I think it's a good film, and it's up for an award - well, I guess it should win the award then.'


I'm constantly trying to be as original as I can.


I think when people are repressing things, or burying things, that can manifest in all sorts of ways.


I just can't talk about things before I do them, because just for me... I give energy away before I've put energy into the job.


I don't have many friends.


Comic-strip stuff isn't really my cup of tea, really.


I wish I had the ability to crack wise, generally. You know, without getting punched. There's no way I could do it while getting beaten up. Definitely.


I always look at films as real stories with real people in real situations. That's why I struggle with the whole notion of calling someone the 'good guy' or the 'bad guy', because I think we all have potential to do good things and all have the potential to do bad things.


I am geared towards communicating on a female level.


My problem is I'm an addictive personality. I can't have one coffee. I can't eat one piece of chocolate.


The thrill of coming home has never changed.


I don't feel I'm making a conscious effort to go more commercial.


The majority of people who join law enforcement are doing it for good, moral reasons, but then there are the few who get through, where you go, 'Whoa, hold on a second. What's this guy doing here?'


Success comes in waves.


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


If I'm exhausted, physically and particularly emotionally, I can't tell what's good and I can't tell what's bad and I'm useless.


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.


You never say never, but I don't think I'd want to do a long-running series.


Funny enough, if you are looking at people these days who are putting Botox in their face and getting all sorts of plastic surgery, we look at them and go, I can tell you've had Botox. I can tell you've had plastic surgery. You look really strange to me. But no one's saying anything. We're just accepting the fact that they're strange-looking.