If something doesn't come out of your mouth right, you've got to acknowledge the fact that you're trying to deliver an honest performance. If it doesn't' come out of your mouth correctly, then it's not going to work.

Guy Pearce

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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.

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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.

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I didn't know what the path was that I wanted to be as an actor, to be honest. I've been doing a lot of theater since I was a kid, so I was just sort of taking opportunities.

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It's interesting playing something that the audience doesn't full... by Guy Pearce

It's interesting playing something that the audience doesn't fully know.

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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."

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I find it really difficult to even articulate things that I've done in the past. I express myself through the characters that I play, not through the articulation of them later.

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There's a sense of humor within the Australian culture that prevails when one is in a rather difficult situation.

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I think as an actor, or any artist, you move with your moods and you express what's going on for you, and you answer to that voice within that's calling for particular things.

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I really enjoy a variety of different work, and what I've just done may sometimes determine what I choose to do next.

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If it's a great role or a great film, then you're happy to be a p... by Guy Pearce

If it's a great role or a great film, then you're happy to be a part of it.

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I don't want to make a habit of just playing small roles, because I really enjoy the process of being part of a film and staying on it for the length of time that everybody else is as well.

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Choosing work is an interesting thing. It's a balance between what's available and what you've always got in the back of your mind - that awful, strange thing that seems to have to exist in this industry, of what will give you "exposure."

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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.

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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.

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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.

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I very much understand it’s too sensitive a topic to be brushed off, i addressed and handled the situation when it took place, hence my regret at making it public now.

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Tough one to talk about at the moment, amazing actor. Incredible actor. Mmm, slightly difficult time with Kevin Spacey, yeah. Kevin Spacey's Kevin Spacey.

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Success comes in waves. by Guy Pearce

Success comes in waves.

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You work on things and you have such faith in them while you're making them that everything feels special - in a way.

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Where do you even draw the line between genres? by Guy Pearce

Where do you even draw the line between genres?

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