I respond in the moment which is what makes me a good actor.

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

I always say I've given 24 insufficient performances and I'm looking forward to the time in my life when I'll do something that I think is good. There's always stuff you can do better, stuff that maybe you didn't uncover enough. But if you do something that you truly believe is perfect, then that's got to be the last movie you do.

Australians and New Zealanders don't talk about Gallipoli in terms of invasion. I started talking about it and using that word and at first there were a few people who were getting upset in the same way that in any country, if you work for a newspaper you know exactly the dude you can go and talk to get a knee-jerk reaction when it comes to something to do with the military.

My days, if they start in the morning with a cuddle from my son, are just so much more glorious than they were prior to that.

In tyranny lies only failure. Empower every man and you will gain strength.

Imagine what you will be, and it will be so.