Guy Pearce Quotes About Film

Quotes about: Film

• 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.

  Guy Pearce

  Real, Struggle, Thinking

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• 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.

  Guy Pearce

  Tired, Character, Different

  Source: www.avclub.com

• I'll generally write out every scene that's in the film on a couple of pieces of paper, just with a little one-line. And then I can scan it a bit and go, 'This first third of the film, generally, I'm kind of calm.' Then I might do something on one piece of paper that just relates to the energy of the character.

  Guy Pearce

  Couple, Writing, Character

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

  Guy Pearce

  Kind, Film, Nervous

  Source: collider.com

• 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.

  Guy Pearce

  Roles, Want, Film

  Source: www.avclub.com

• 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.

  Guy Pearce

  Character, Directors, Stories

  Source: collider.com

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

  Guy Pearce

  Roles, Film, Great Film

  Source: www.avclub.com

• If you look at the films that I've done generally, you would probably get an idea of what I'm most interested in, and if ever I do something unusual like a science fiction film or an action film or a comedy or something, then that to me feels like a step to the side to do something different.

  Guy Pearce

  Ideas, Sides, Steps

  Source: collider.com

• There's many more films being made in America than there are in Australia. You make four hundred and fifty films a year, we make twenty-five.

  Guy Pearce

  Years, America, Australia

  Source: www.aboutfilm.com

• I'm never there enough to really keep up with what's going on in the Australian film industry. I just try and be part of it as much as I can.

  Guy Pearce

  Trying, Film, Enough

  Interview with Jenni Miller, www.gq.com. April 12, 2012.

• I'm able to lead my life as well as make a film. My wife and my friends and people around me know that I do tend to distance myself a little bit during the making of a film, but I have to, it's a natural part of the process for me because you are indulging in the headspace of somebody else, you are investing in the psychology of somebody else and you are becoming somebody else, and so there isn't enough room for you and that somebody else.

  Guy Pearce

  Distance, Wife, People

  Source: collider.com

• I always think the really unfortunate thing about the Australian film industry is its lack of momentum. And I don't mean this in a derogatory way. I'm always wanting it to pick up momentum, and I'm wondering if that's even possible.

  Guy Pearce

  Mean, Thinking, Unfortunate Things

  "Q+A: Guy Pearce, Man with a Gun". Interview with Simon Abrams, www.esquire.com. May 21, 2012.

• It's really interesting making films and actually seeing the life that they have in the subsequent years and seeing which ones stand up over time and which ones sort of fade away.

  Guy Pearce

  Years, Interesting, Film

  "Guy Pearce Talks LOCKOUT and Possible Sequel, PROMETHEUS, LAWLESS, and Untitled Drake Doremus Project". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. April 9, 2012.

• It's funny, though, with films, because you can incorporate a variety of elements, and sometimes that can work for you and sometimes I think it can work against you.

  Guy Pearce

  Funny, Thinking, Elements

  Interview with Jenni Miller, www.gq.com. April 12, 2012.

• 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.

  Guy Pearce

  Looks, Chemistry, Film

  "Guy Pearce Exclusive Interview; Talks THE KING’S SPEECH, Luc Besson’s LOCKOUT, DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK, More". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. April 9, 2012.

• The thing I've come to learn is that what's great about small independent films is the intimacy and the communication that occurs when you're making them.

  Guy Pearce

  Communication, Independent, Film

• 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.

  Guy Pearce

  Wise, Art, People

  "Guy Pearce Exclusive Interview; Talks THE KING’S SPEECH, Luc Besson’s LOCKOUT, DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK, More". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. April 9, 2012.

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