217 Quotes by Russell Crowe

You need to learn to live with your mistakes. And you need to be in a position to say No once in a while. It’s important in life, and it’s important for any career that you want to pursue.

I don’t know if I was ever looking for this kind of success- it came along as a by-product of concentrating on what I was doing.

Reality is, I’m an actor and an entertainer, and I really wouldn’t know what to do with another profession.

Some people have got advice, some people have got horror stories. I like people that look you in the eye with a glow and say “It’s gonna be cool.”

Nobody wants zealotry in a police force, you know? You do want to know that the guy who’s got that badge, is confident enough to judge a certain level of benign corruption. Like a man steals some food to feed his starving children.

Once you’re a parent, male or female, every single thing that happens in your life is seen through the prism of being a parent.

A lot of the things that other people from outside the business would see as crazy or strange are just a natural part of the working process. Preparation is key, and detail and collaboration are the rule, but no matter how many hours you spend preparing, there’s always something.

From an over-arching point-of-view, in war there is heroism on both sides. Obviously, the victor gets the spoils, the victor gets to write history, but there’s heroism and compassion on both sides, and to me that’s very important.

I’m not one of those fellows that is just going to have a psuedo-middling relationship.