Joel Edgerton Quotes

Having rain on your tuxedo is a pretty good reminder that you're not James Bond.

— Joel Edgerton

“I often put any project I write in a different decade just to roll the thought around in my head. There's a thriller I've written that I think would be nice to set in the '70s or '80s, just to take cell phones away from the movie. There's nothing like the piercing ring of an old-school telephone to really scare an audience.”

— Joel Edgerton

“One of the things I've always enjoyed is moving around and staying fit. Physicality is such a big part of being an actor, but it's also about stillness and silence.”

— Joel Edgerton

“To me, 'Warrior' was a real turning point - probably one of the greatest experiences I've ever had as an actor on set.”

— Joel Edgerton

“Everything is a learning process: any time you fall over, it's just teaching you to stand up the next time.”

— Joel Edgerton

“Pulled pork jokes never get old.”

— Joel Edgerton

“I'm on the list that I thought I'd never be on. I'm not sitting here thinking, 'God, I might get this part' or 'is it too late for me to play Hamlet?' It's really about: who do I get to work with? There's so many people on that list.”

— Joel Edgerton

I love the idea of real-life experiences finding their way into fiction. I think that's really cool.

— Joel Edgerton

“I thought I'd be married and a father by 35.”

— Joel Edgerton

“It's an incredibly liberating feeling to have a skirt on. In fact, I know you can buy skirts, and you can buy work kilts and all sorts of stuff.”

— Joel Edgerton

“Actors are excused from a lot of things, and we get away with a lot ... I find it equally interesting and exciting as it is disgusting and bizarre.”

— Joel Edgerton

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

— Joel Edgerton

Particularly when you're making a movie of a book, people are always waiting with their knives - you know?

— Joel Edgerton

Sometimes Hollywood manages to knock a movie in its teeth so hard that it never manages to get back up.

— Joel Edgerton

“The best jujitsu practitioners are really serene and grounded.”

— Joel Edgerton

'The Great Gatsby' ticked so many boxes for me.

— Joel Edgerton

The little bit of buzz around 'Warrior' led to a lot of opportunities anyway, before the movie even came out.

— Joel Edgerton

“I can't sing or dance.”

— Joel Edgerton

“If I knew my schedule a month ahead, I'd be so bored.”

— Joel Edgerton

The only way for you to show what you can do is to actually do.

— Joel Edgerton

“There's a real sense of fighting and destruction in our DNA that we don't get in touch with.”

— Joel Edgerton

“Blue Tongue Films is a very important part of my life.”

— Joel Edgerton

I always kept myself fairly fit.

— Joel Edgerton

“I do know one thing: it's best not to read the Internet.”

— Joel Edgerton

“I find it strange when people can't relate to kids, because you were a kid once, you know?”

— Joel Edgerton

“I have an issue with the commercial aspect of moviemaking: I don't see why a movie can't make a lot of money and also be good.”

— Joel Edgerton

I love what I do, but it occurs to me I may have handed over a large portion of my life to fiction.

— Joel Edgerton

I think I'd be too scared to direct my first movie and put myself in the center.

— Joel Edgerton

I think it's great to be able to go and watch a short film before you watch a feature.

— Joel Edgerton

“I would have happily done 'Bourne Legacy,' but a lot of decisions are made for you.”

— Joel Edgerton

I'm a great believer in not sitting around waiting for the right part to come around, but jumping in and building it for yourself.

— Joel Edgerton

“I'm pretty skeptical about Hollywood and its fascination with the sequel and the franchise.”

— Joel Edgerton

“I'm really great at making terrible analogies.”

— Joel Edgerton

People love boxing, but you've gotta wait two or three years for your favorite boxer to have a fight.

— Joel Edgerton

“Really, no-one is bad except for serial killers and dictators.”

— Joel Edgerton

“Unfortunately, the Egyptians weren't the greatest artists in the world.”

— Joel Edgerton

“There's the pressure of being a No. 1 on the call sheet, being a lead actor. There's almost this feeling like being captain of the team. You want to put a bit of energy into actually setting a good example.”

— Joel Edgerton

I always kind of aim with the action stuff to make it feel like, as an audience member, you're experiencing what the people are experiencing. As soon as you go into slow-mo or repeated edits, shooting it like it's a stunt, it takes it out of that reality. The more real you make that stuff, the more tense it will be.

— Joel Edgerton

“I remember my brother Nash had just directed me in 'The Square,' and I was sitting in Australia going: 'No one's called me about working for ages. I don't know if I'm ever going to get another job.'”

— Joel Edgerton

Australians and the British are very similar: If you try and stand out in any way, and you try to reach for success, someone is gonna be there to cut you down.

— Joel Edgerton

I was raised Catholic, and I remember in all the pamphlets and pictures we'd look at, Jesus was basically blonde with blue eyes. He kind of looked like Jared Leto.

— Joel Edgerton

If, at the end of the day, I can look back and see pictures of all the characters I've played, and there's a smorgasbord of weirdos and interesting, odd, different characters, I'd be so happy.

— Joel Edgerton

“In Australia, there aren't a lot of people committed to art, so these communities form that are dedicated to music, theater, cinema, but they're very small. So, they tend to move ahead on the power of collaboration, enthusiasm and creativity.”

— Joel Edgerton

Making a movie like 'Felony' is hard work because you're really putting your own ideas on the screen. You can't hide behind some other person's script; you're saying, 'This is my brain, and I want you to know what I think'.'

— Joel Edgerton

“Sometimes I just wonder if I'm being led by variety. If one film leads me down one path, sometimes I just want to turn around and head the opposite way for the next project. I hope that's not the case, but sometimes I suspect that.”

— Joel Edgerton

“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.”

— Joel Edgerton

“The downside to making movies at a gallop like we did with 'Wish You Were Here' is that we're shooting four or five scenes in a day, and it's very exhilarating, but you worry at the end of the day that you missed some details because you were moving too quick, and you just gotta trust and be ready straightaway.”

— Joel Edgerton

“There's a stage where you're desperate to get a job, and you're waving your hands in a sea of nothingness, going, 'Please, please, please! I'm over here - give me a job!'”

— Joel Edgerton

Whenever you're trying to do your own take on a classic piece of literature, it's almost like you're trying to swim up your own stream or drive down your own path.

— Joel Edgerton

I'm not scared of doing movies that are just about entertainment. I'm not scared of doing movies that are really challenging and cover difficult terrain. I just want good experiences and I want to challenge myself and I want to just keep learning, as an actor.

— Joel Edgerton