Jason Clarke

Professions :

Born :

July 17, 1969

You need mystery. You actually do. I think that's what foreign women, French women in particular, are good at. There's still a sense that you need to keep some of the unknown because that's where the soul resides, or something.

french-woman soul thinking

That's one of the challenges of acting. You can't expect that you're going to be successful, but you've got to put your heart and everything you have into it. Look at a guy like Ian McKellen, who is eighty or whatever, and he's just loving his work and you can see that in the work. That defines what type of actor you are. And what kind of people want to work with you. And whether you can do this job for a long, long time.

successful heart jobs

In terms of publicity and interviews, well, it's really hard in this modern world to keep a sense of mystery.

publicity interviews world

As an actor, the first thing you learn in drama school is you nev... by Jason Clarke

As an actor, the first thing you learn in drama school is you never judge.

judging drama school

I do want to have holidays and see my family and friends. by Jason Clarke

I do want to have holidays and see my family and friends.

holiday family-and-friends want

My favorite part of any project is the preparation. It's where you get to meet the people, the experts.

preparation experts people

I can't complain about the roles that have come my way. by Jason Clarke

I can't complain about the roles that have come my way.

roles complaining way

The guy I read and I love is Irvin Yalom. by Jason Clarke

The guy I read and I love is Irvin Yalom.

I love a good wool suit, and I appreciate the fact that it's a natural fiber. I know where it comes from, and I know how it's bred. And it's built to last. It breathes and it feels good. A lot of my climbing and hiking gear is all wool, because I can wear it for a week straight and it doesn't smell. And when you get hot and sweaty in a cold temperature, it stays warm. So your body temperature stays at a good warmth rather than freezing your ass off.

smell climbing hiking

I am sick of living out of a suitcase. by Jason Clarke

I am sick of living out of a suitcase.

The Spanish love their paella, and they love their jamon. And the... by Jason Clarke

The Spanish love their paella, and they love their jamon. And they love their football.

spanish love football

I can remember very clearly sitting in a little room in my apartment going, 'You know what, Jace? I think it's time to go back to university.'

think you time remember

At the end of the day, I'm an actor. I'm not here to sell other stuff or use off-screen things to generate whether or not I work. If I'm any good, I'll work; if I'm not, I won't.

end-of-the-day day good work

With acting, you do want to get every job, and you're trying to get every audition, but then you reach a certain stage where you start to kind of gravitate toward the stories and the people that have a similar heartbeat.

job start you people

I believe it's worth observing terrible things people have done as clearly and rationally as we can to show that our monsters are not caricatures.

worth done believe people

My father was a sheep shearer, so I grew up in a caravan; we'd go around from shearing shed to shearing shed. My mother always wanted us to be educated, so I went to a school.

mother sheep father school

Your voice is important - it gives away everything about you. The mouth is a muscle you have to work like you'd work at the gym.

you gym voice work

My favorite part of the film business is the research part, with the access we get from people who are excited to be involved and the things we get to see and do, which we're not normally going to get in everyday life.

research business life people

The whole business of being an actor is to explore, from research to shooting to why you do it. You're trying to see why people do what they do and how it feels to do what they do.

you research business people

I come from a very, very small town. There were no other actors around. I never met any actors. A lot of those times when I'd be out in the sheds with my dad, I'd step outside, and there's just nothing out there but thousands of acres, forty thousand sheep, and miles of nothing. And so my mind would just wonder about what else was out there.

step never dad mind

Ian Mckellen

Adhir Kalyan

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Bert Lahr

Alan Arkin

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