There's something about the American sensibility that kind of hails people in the public eye. You have a star system. You have that kind of thing where you say, "Good on you for doing that."

Guy Pearce

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Australia's not so bad with me, really, people are pretty cool with me at home, but in England it feels a little bit scary.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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The first thing I need to get sorted out before I can then move forward, before I can feel any confidence whatsoever, is the voice.

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I've learned from the past that it's important to recharge and get time in-between jobs, and if I can't get time in-between jobs then when I know I've got some time coming up at the end of a job, really try and take advantage of that. And do very mundane things at home and putter in the garden and spend time with family and make music and, you know, play with the dogs. Just get back to being me.

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I do like a variety of things so I'm always interested in finding something that I haven't done before.

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I reckon it's more of an external perspective that on some level you really can control and dictate how your career's going to go.

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You do feel kind of nervous about any film you take on. by Guy Pearce

You do feel kind of nervous about any film you take on.

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When I read something, I want to be surprised. So I read something and go, "Wow, I never, ever would have thought of playing this kind of role. This is exciting me, let's go do this."

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I don't understand the actor that chooses to play the same role i... by Guy Pearce

I don't understand the actor that chooses to play the same role in everything all the time.

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When you've had a relationship with anybody in your life and you both know what that relationship is, you don't have to do anything to prove to anybody that you've had that relationship. It just exists.

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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.

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I've done roles before where I've wanted to be buff and sort of fit or whatever. And I like to try and be a little bit fit because there's usually one scene in a movie where you've got to run, which means you've got to run for about five hours nonstop. So, for me, it's just worthwhile being fit because doing a movie can be kind of grueling for six, seven, eight weeks. Or 12 weeks.

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I think that you can say something in one line with a look that you might need three lines on a page for normally.

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I want to bring something different to every film. I get a bit tired of actors who kind of are the same character in every film that they do.

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I can be fairly optimistic, but I'm probably more a realist, I think. I mean, optimism's an interesting quality, isn't it, because I'm always slightly dubious as to what's behind it?

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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.

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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.

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I do have aspirations when it comes to directing, I suppose, but in a sort of a vague way. It would probably come about if I found a project that I really felt passionate about.

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