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    Guy Pearce

    A lot of action characters are a little bit too serious as well. They take themselves a bit too seriously, which I don't find particularly interesting, whereas I like the fact that there was at least some humor in this because really it's a piece of entertainment.

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    Guy Pearce

    A lot of people are going to hate me for saying this, but one of my least favorite kinds of music, or the kind of music that I feel I've so got out of my system, is musicals music.

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    Guy Pearce

    A movie that gets a PG-13 rating can show someone running down a street killing 27 people. And there are no repercussions.

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    Guy Pearce

    Australia's not so bad with me, really, people are pretty cool with me at home, but in England it feels a little bit scary.

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    Guy Pearce

    Because in Australia we're so inundated with American culture, television, this that and the other, everyone in Australia can do an American accent. It's just second nature.

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    Guy Pearce

    Choosing work is an interesting thing. It's a balance between what's available and what you've always got in the back of your mind - that awful, strange thing that seems to have to exist in this industry, of what will give you "exposure.

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    Guy Pearce

    Comic-strip stuff isn't really my cup of tea, really.

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    Guy Pearce

    English is no problem for me because I am actually English. My whole family are English; I was brought up listening to various forms of the English accent.

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    Guy Pearce

    Even though I've done a lot it also feels like I haven't done a lot. I've sort of popped in for supporting roles in things, and that's been really delightful.

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    Guy Pearce

    Every time you say yes to a film there's a certain percentage of your yes that has to do with the director, a certain percentage to do with the story, a certain percentage with the character, the location, etc.

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    Guy Pearce

    Funny enough, if you are looking at people these days who are putting Botox in their face and getting all sorts of plastic surgery, we look at them and go, I can tell you've had Botox. I can tell you've had plastic surgery. You look really strange to me. But no one's saying anything. We're just accepting the fact that they're strange-looking.

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    Guy Pearce

    Growing up, I was a kid pretending to be an adult.

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    Guy Pearce

    Having a partner who has nothing to do with Hollywood helps keep things in perspective.

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    Guy Pearce

    I always look at films as real stories with real people in real situations. That's why I struggle with the whole notion of calling someone the 'good guy' or the 'bad guy,' because I think we all have potential to do good things and all have the potential to do bad things.

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    Guy Pearce

    I always think the really unfortunate thing about the Australian film industry is its lack of momentum. And I don't mean this in a derogatory way. I'm always wanting it to pick up momentum, and I'm wondering if that's even possible.

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    Guy Pearce

    I am geared towards communicating on a female level.

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    Guy Pearce

    I can be completely indulgent and spend as many hours and days or weeks as I like on one thing. Writing music and sitting in my studio, just pottering with ideas, it's a lot more personal and creative for me, I don't feel restricted.

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    Guy Pearce

    I can be fairly optimistic, but I'm probably more a realist, I think. I mean, optimism's an interesting quality, isn't it, because I'm always slightly dubious as to what's behind it?

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    Guy Pearce

    I didn't know what the path was that I wanted to be as an actor, to be honest. I've been doing a lot of theater since I was a kid, so I was just sort of taking opportunities.

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    Guy Pearce

    I do have aspirations when it comes to directing, I suppose, but in a sort of a vague way. It would probably come about if I found a project that I really felt passionate about.

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    Guy Pearce

    I do like a variety of things so I'm always interested in finding something that I haven't done before.

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    Guy Pearce

    I do like a variety of things so I'm always interested in finding something that I haven't done before, if possible, to whatever degree that sometimes changes, and how much is something now that I wouldn't have a year ago but sort of based on what I've done recently as well.

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    Guy Pearce

    I don't believe in God, but the thing I do believe in is that we're all connected.

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    Guy Pearce

    I don't feel I'm making a conscious effort to go more commercial.

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    Guy Pearce

    I don't understand the actor that chooses to play the same role in everything all the time.

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    Guy Pearce

    I don't want to make a habit of just playing small roles, because I really enjoy the process of being part of a film and staying on it for the length of time that everybody else is as well.

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    Guy Pearce

    I feel I do my best work when it's all there on the page, and I feel that the character is very vivid as I read the script and I'm not having to create stuff and trying to cobble together something. If I have to do that, then I don't entirely trust what I'm doing.

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    Guy Pearce

    I find it really difficult to even articulate things that I've done in the past. I express myself through the characters that I play, not through the articulation of them later.

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    Guy Pearce

    If it's a great role or a great film, then you're happy to be a part of it.

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    Guy Pearce

    If something doesn't come out of your mouth right, you've got to acknowledge the fact that you're trying to deliver an honest performance. If it doesn't' come out of your mouth correctly, then it's not going to work.

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    Guy Pearce

    If you look at the films that I've done generally, you would probably get an idea of what I'm most interested in, and if ever I do something unusual like a science fiction film or an action film or a comedy or something, then that to me feels like a step to the side to do something different.

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    Guy Pearce

    I grew up doing musicals. I've done so many musicals in my life, I kind of got them out of my system. But, I certainly would be open to them. Rocky Horror Show is a big favorite of mine.

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    Guy Pearce

    I grew up with such an affinity to cats. I adore the way that they think and operate.

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    Guy Pearce

    I had to put the word out to people that I didn't cost a fortune, and I was prepared to work at home. Because that's the assumption: "Well, he lives in America now, we can't afford him, we won't bother.

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    Guy Pearce

    I have a real love of sound and the shape of the sound. I'm a musician, and I'm fascinated with the effects of sound, and tone, and pitch and melody and all that sort of stuff.

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    Guy Pearce

    I'll generally write out every scene that's in the film on a couple of pieces of paper, just with a little one-line. And then I can scan it a bit and go, 'This first third of the film, generally, I'm kind of calm.' Then I might do something on one piece of paper that just relates to the energy of the character.

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    Guy Pearce

    I'll have a different answer tomorrow that I do today.

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    Guy Pearce

    I'm able to lead my life as well as make a film. My wife and my friends and people around me know that I do tend to distance myself a little bit during the making of a film, but I have to, it's a natural part of the process for me because you are indulging in the headspace of somebody else, you are investing in the psychology of somebody else and you are becoming somebody else, and so there isn't enough room for you and that somebody else.

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    Guy Pearce

    I'm a musician, and I'm fascinated with the effects of sound, and tone, and pitch and melody and all that sort of stuff. It's the first thing I have to solidify whenever...I get into a character. The first thing I need to get sorted out before I can then move forward, before I can feel any confidence whatsoever, is the voice.

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    Guy Pearce

    I'm definitely not non-chalant. I have to leave nonchalant at home when I'm working on something, otherwise I just don't feel like I'm committed, and I've gotta be fully committed.

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    Guy Pearce

    I'm happy in a silent world - well, not a silent world but one that relies on - I'm in a pretty physical actor I suppose anyway, and I just don't - I don't struggle that idea of emotional expression just because there aren't words to explain yourself.

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    Guy Pearce

    I'm never there enough to really keep up with what's going on in the Australian film industry. I just try and be part of it as much as I can.

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    Guy Pearce

    I really enjoy doing things that are more subtle and close to home - and literally close to home.

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    Guy Pearce

    I reckon it's more of an external perspective that on some level you really can control and dictate how your career's going to go.

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    Guy Pearce

    I tend to project my father figure onto any director that I'm working with, or mother, if I'm working with a female, or it can be confused.

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    Guy Pearce

    I think a lot of actors take on fun roles and then they're lazy or flippant with them. I just can't do that.

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    Guy Pearce

    I think as an actor, or any artist, you move with your moods and you express what's going on for you, and you answer to that voice within that's calling for particular things.

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    Guy Pearce

    I think that you can say something in one line with a look that you might need three lines on a page for normally.

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    Guy Pearce

    I think when people are repressing things, or burying things, that can manifest in all sorts of ways.

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    Guy Pearce

    It's really interesting making films and actually seeing the life that they have in the subsequent years and seeing which ones stand up over time and which ones sort of fade away.