Eric Bana Quotes

As an actor, you always have to reinvent yourself or you end up in the gutter somewhere. It's my job to always change people's minds. I've known that for a long time and I've had to do it.

Acting is a very big part of what human beings do. A dog is always a dog, but we're always changing.

When you take on different roles and become a different person, that's called acting ... It's a challenge.

I feel, as an actor, you should be in a position to mould yourself into different characters and should have the ability to change.

I've always been an actor. That's my job — I can be anything you want me to be.

I'm quite chameleon in my work - not normally looking much like I do in real life.

We are already so many things by the time we reach the middle of life that it is possible to see that really anything can happen, and that, by extension, anything is doable. I decided I'd write 'The Calling' as someone else. Another writer entirely, a fictional one who would be played by me.

I'd quite like to try all sorts of different things, whether it be theatre, TV or film.

I love different roles, just getting into it, something that's the complete opposite of who I am.

Peter Sellers constantly reinvented himself.

It's great to be an actor, and it's great to embody something more than who you are.

I like the idea of experimenting with different kinds of formats, and I think you've got to keep on your toes and keep changing.

Being an actor lets me be a million different things.

I think the greatest thing about being an actor is that you can become other people. ... You have the opportunity to explore ... alternative ways of living for a brief time.

I always say that I can play sort of six variations on one girl, all of whom are a variation on me. Maybe I'll think of myself as an actor if, like, I do a corset drama.

My mother took me to a lot of operas and when I was eight I got the opportunity to be in one and I realized that transformation into these make-believe situations was possible. I decided that was essentially what I wanted to do with my life.

So far, the thing I seem to have been rewarded for in film is leaving myself behind and transforming myself into other people.

Trying different things is very important to me. I see people and want to wear their clothes and drive in their cars for awhile. That's probably one reason I became an actor.

I love acting and really taking on another person, another life.

To me, getting to do music and videos, you work on a character. Being onstage is acting; you get to be larger than life and larger than yourself.

Modeling gave me an opportunity to be someone I'm not each day.

I'm always looking to do different roles and play around a little bit. That's always the fun part of my job.

As actors, we get to hide. You can change your hair and your accent, and it's not you. You have tricks, these masks.

As an actor, I'm always up for exploring and trying new things.

As an actor, I don't really think you find yourself. I mean, once you find yourself, I think it becomes boring and you become set in your ways. I think, as an actor I think it's not a bad thing but more of a gift. It's something you're always doing as an actor. You're adjusting constantly.