73 Joel Edgerton Quotes for You to Enjoy

Joel Edgerton

Australian Actor

Born: Jun 23, 1974

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I had a brother who was bullying me to write something because we wanted to make our own movies. So it was out of necessity in the beginning. Over time, I began to see that I could create the roles I wanted to play rather than just waiting around. Joel Edgerton

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One of the great joys of being able to write something you can make, if you get certain actors you want and love, you're kind of buying yourself a front row seat to watch them work. Joel Edgerton

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

Myself First Think Too Scared Direct Put Movie Center

I wasted too much time in my twenties. I worked, but I would do theater in the evening, and during the day I would surf and do irascible things. And then, for some reason, as I got closer to my thirties, I thought, 'Okay Joel, you've wasted enough time.' Joel Edgerton

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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

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I came out of high school, where my heroes were, like, Michael Jordan and a lot of local rugby players - and on the movie front, it was Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone. Joel Edgerton

Gene Hackman was a superstar in the '70s - with that face! Joel Edgerton

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I'd never really imagined myself as an action star. Joel Edgerton

Myself Action Never Really Star Imagined

If I knew my schedule a month ahead, I'd be so bored. Joel Edgerton

Month Bored Schedule Knew

Stunt work offers a diversity of roles and, while I'm used to anonymity, I really like showing off and performing in front of camera, though I know my limitations. Joel Edgerton

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So many people wait around for funding, and if they're unsuccessful, they don't make the film; if you've got a good idea, that seems so pointless. There's always a way of doing it; you've just got to find it. 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

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I couldn't do 'Eleanor Rigby' because it was clashing with another project - something I was going to go do - something with Liv Ullmann. Joel Edgerton

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I worked for a big department store, and strangely, on my first day, they put me in charge of Christmas wrapping. I didn't know how to wrap a present and make it not look like it fell off a truck. Joel Edgerton

I don't call acting a real job, and writing is a hobby. Joel Edgerton

Writing Job Call Real Real Job Hobby Acting

Some of us are better at owning the responsibility of our actions than others. Joel Edgerton

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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

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Sometimes I think being an actor is like being a dog for a director; it's like they throw a stick, and you want to fetch it and bring it back to them. You want a pat on the head for it. Joel Edgerton

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I have this theory that alpha males are actually not alpha males. They're actually very scared - particularly scared of competition from a lot of men. Joel Edgerton

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I really believe guilt finds its way out of a person. Joel Edgerton

Guilt Believe Way Out Finds Person Really

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