217 Quotes by Russell Crowe

When I was a young fellow, I used to learn the dialogue backwards. The point is that in a conversation between two people, you can't have already made the decisions about what you're gonna do. You gotta be very light on your feet. That leads you into areas where conversations can have a much bigger, grander meaning.

From a young kid, I was quite interested in religion.

I believe in singing for my supper. I'll never accept a grant because what I do should be able to be founded purely on free enterprise.

You can't understand it until you experience the simple joy of the first time your son points at a seagull and says 'Duck!'

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

I got a guitar when I was six and, instead of learning other people's songs, started to try to write my own, even at that young age.

I'd done stage musicals for quite a few years, starting with 'Grease' in Auckland.

If you're a certain type of actor, then eventually stepping into a director's shoes is a natural transition. I've always been the actor who's very focused on the narrative, where my character is in the story, and how I can benefit the story. I've always had a technical aspect of what the lens is, how the camera is going to move, how I can feed the information the director applies within that move. If you're that type of actor, narrative-based, technically proficient, the next step is actually not that far.

If you put 20 cents in me and ask me to talk about South Sydney, I'll play all night.