Joel Edgerton Quotes

I had a fantastic time working on 'Twilight.' I loved our director Bill Condon. He was an absolute pleasure to work with.

What I love most is the art, is making art, acting and being on set, and being a part of the process of making a movie.

I'm very proud of 'That Kind of Woman' with Sophia Loren, directed by Sidney Lumet, and I loved doing 'Gunman's Walk' because I finally got to play a bad guy.

I was very curious to try being in a movie.

Movie-making is serious business. The director and the crew are already under a lot of pressure to give their best to the audience. Therefore, the best part for me as an actor is to act well in the movies and make a jolly atmosphere with the co-stars on the sets.

Hollywood is something imagined... acting is something crafted.

I would love to do a dramatic comedy. All of that, it all interests me. At some point I want to do my 'Monster,' like Charlize Theron, so I'm buckling up for that.

I'm a fan of making films. Whether I'm on stage or in front of a camera, one of my first loves is performing for the people. I'd like to do more acting.

Films are amazing. To be a part of a movie is the greatest. It's so historic and exciting.

I did a movie with Leonardo DiCaprio, and his skill level was eons ahead of mine. It was really more like an abattoir - he just slaughtered my character over and over again.

You can lose in cinema too if you don't put on a good performance.

I got to work with Cillian Murphy and my dad, Jim Broadbent and Jodie Whittaker on 'Perrier's Bounty.' It was a small part, but it was really special.

I would love to work with Tom Hardy. Maybe do something crazy or dramatic that is different for me.

I wouldn't feel satisfied being on set every day doing a romantic comedy - I'd be bored to death.

'Do the Right Thing' was like the first film where I really felt comfortable working with actors.

The thing is, making movies as an actress, you learn so many things. Like when you're making a movie with Quentin Tarantino you're just at the best cinema school ever.

I think what makes a good actor's director is the same thing that makes a good director. Acting is just one of the trades necessary to make a movie.

I want to have a scene with Maggie Smith.

Movie magic is movie magic and acting magic is acting magic.

When I met Peter Weir, we did a movie called 'Master and Commander' together, and that's when I really started to understand the power of acting, the power of directing, finding the emotion in performance.

I met Claxton on the set of The Cincinnati Kid.

I prefer working on films. I like the variety. There is nothing better than playing a bad girl for two months, then playing someone sweet for the next two. Films give you this opportunity.

Work is my balm. I've just finished my work in Ketan Mehta's 'The Rising.' It's one of the best films I've done. Such a fabulous line-up of technicians and artistes. Above all, I got the privilege of working with Aamir Khan.

I enjoy being an actor in my own movies.

'Lost in Translation' was a year of my life, if not more, and then 'Marie Antoinette' was about three years of my life.