201 Quotes by Joel Edgerton

It's funny how sometimes you learn things off the Internet before they're actually told to you.

The best jujitsu practitioners are really serene and grounded.

The Australians are actually the worst of the criminals from the United Kingdom, but not worst as in toughest. They're the ones who did stupid little things and got caught for it. Bad criminals.

I wanted to make a redemptive thriller that didn't end with some kind of big, crazy shootout and blood spill, but more of a collision of ideas and a discussion of ethics.

I wanted to make a movie that was kind of a tribute to the way I feel when I watch a John Hughes movie.

The nature of human beings is that we're competitive, and the chances are there's someone out there who's going to work harder than you and want it more than you.

I'm not saying I'm a family guy, but maybe that's what people see in me: some kind of paternal quality.

I learned a great lesson early on, even before I was really an actor, from that movie 'Planes, Trains & Automobiles' that John Hughes made: that you could make a movie that's really, really, really, really funny, and sometimes you can still achieve... making the audience feel very deep emotions as well.

I learned so much by being an actor, and part of my sort-of development as a writer is big thanks to the scripts I read in my acting life.