It's weird: I don't see myself as a tough guy. Joel Edgerton More Quotes by Joel Edgerton More Quotes From Joel Edgerton The first video I ever watched was on a Beta system because everyone thought Beta was the way but then it ended up being video so we backed the wrong horse. Joel Edgerton horsevideoway The tricky thing becomes: Do you know yourself well enough to then portray that on screen? And for me, I find that really hard. I'd rather hide behind accents and funny walks. Joel Edgerton accentsknow-yourselfenough The sum total of all my stop-starts have made me less concerned about the future. I'm just aware now that I'll always land on my feet somehow. Joel Edgerton landmadefeet There's a real sense of fighting and destruction in our DNA that we don't get in touch with. Joel Edgerton dnafightingreal Whenever you deal with science fiction you are setting up a world of rules. I think you work hard to establish the rules. And you also have to work even harder to maintain those rules, and within that find excitement and unpredictability and all that stuff. Joel Edgerton hard-workfictionthinking One of the things I've always enjoyed is moving around and staying fit. Physicality is such a big part of being an actor, but it's also about stillness and silence. Joel Edgerton actorssilencemoving That's one of the great privileges, being an actor, is that someone pays you and sends you off to learn about something that otherwise you'd never know about. Joel Edgerton privilegeactorspay The biggest difference for me is momentum. On a smaller film you get to shoot sometimes four or five scenes a day and you've got to do the tight schedule. I think I really feel the luxuries of a big budget film. Joel Edgerton luxurydifferencesthinking I have a lot of ideas that I feel are half-formed, or half-way okay. Joel Edgerton halfwayideas 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. Joel Edgerton tv-showsstarskings To act with a tennis ball and imagine it's a tentacle, or if you're in some kind of wilderness film and you go, 'Okay, we can't have a grizzly bear here, but imagine when you step over the rock there there's a grizzly bear.' I don't know. They're tough moments. Joel Edgerton tennisballsrocks Whereas 'Avatar' and other movies get shocks out of their three-dimensionality, 'Gatsby' is going to be about inviting the audience into this larger-than-life drama, letting them almost be inside the room rather than looking at it through the window. I think it will really work. Joel Edgerton threedramathinking I'm really good at judging and observing other people, but not myself. Joel Edgerton serving-othersjudgingpeople The Great Gatsby' ticked so many boxes for me. Joel Edgerton boxes My brother and I are best friends. Joel Edgerton my-brotherbrother Basically you want as many people as possible to see your movie. Joel Edgerton wantpeople There's something nice about making a night of the theater rather than sitting in front of your TV. Joel Edgerton nicesittingnight North America makes a ton of movies and there's a ton of movies that are exceptional. Joel Edgerton north-americaexceptionalamerica One day ... at the end of the take, I realized I had literally mud over my entire face and for some reason it just made me really happy, as hard work as it was and as hot as it was and as challenging as all that was, I just remembered being happy... looking around at the scale and the scope of it and just remembering the beginnings of a being a young actor... and being a child dreaming of being part of these stories. Joel Edgerton entertainment When I was young, I had a very clear point of view on things in life, on moral questions. There was a black and white viewpoint on my world. As I've gotten older, I see the grey areas appear. Joel Edgerton black-and-whiteblacklifeworld
