186 Quotes by Guy Pearce

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

A lot of people are going to hate me for saying this, but one of my least favorite kinds of music, or the kind of music that I feel I've so got out of my system, is musicals music.

If I'm exhausted, physically and particularly emotionally, I can't tell what's good and I can't tell what's bad and I'm useless.

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.

I grew up with such an affinity to cats. I adore the way that they think and operate.

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."

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.

The majority of people who join law enforcement are doing it for good, moral reasons, but then there are the few who get through, where you go, 'Whoa, hold on a second. What's this guy doing here?'

I tend to project my father figure onto any director that I'm working with, or mother, if I'm working with a female, or it can be confused.