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I was a bit of a show-off in school and loved playing dress-up, and my passion for it just grew as I got older.
Jai Courtney
School
Passion
Older
Bit
Dress-Up
Got
Just
Grew
Loved
Loved Playing
Playing
My mum is a school teacher and my dad is an electrician.
Jai Courtney
Teacher
School
School Teacher
Electrician
Dad
Mum
I don't know if I'm an action star or if that's just how things are shaping up. I would hate to be boxed into that forever, but it's probably just a strength as far as my type goes, and I'm fine with that.
Jai Courtney
Strength
Hate
Action
Type
Would
Fine
Shaping
Know
Boxed
How
Up
Forever
Goes
Just
As Far As
Far
Star
Things
I was always realistic about the fact I wanted to be involved with big films.
Jai Courtney
Big
Realistic
Films
About
Fact
Involved
Always
Wanted
Action roles - or any role - should go to the best guy for the job. People obsess about nationality. Hollywood and America might be the hub for pop culture and cinema for the Western world, but that shouldn't suggest that all the roles should go to young American men.
Jai Courtney
Best
Culture
People
World
Cinema
Job
Men
Young
Action
About
Guy
Obsess
Go
Hub
Western
Western World
Role
America
Roles
American
Any
Nationality
American Men
Might
Hollywood
Pop
Should
Pop Culture
Suggest
It's funny: a lot of roles I do read for mention physical presence - like, 'built like a quarterback' - and for me, it's pretty boring because I don't want that to be the most important thing. I'm not trying to be Dwayne Johnson.
Jai Courtney
Funny
Me
Important
Boring
Physical
Pretty
Johnson
Mention
Like
Most
Most Important Thing
Read
Because
Built
Important Thing
Quarterback
Lot
Roles
Trying
The Most Important
Want
Thing
Presence
It's a funny thing because I don't want to wish away my privacy. Do I want 'Terminator Genisys' to explode? Absolutely. Do I want to take my career to the next level? Absolutely? You have to trade some things for that. It's all about how you conduct yourself and what you make of the experience.
Jai Courtney
Funny
You
Privacy
Experience
Yourself
Wish
Funny Thing
Some
Some Things
About
Absolutely
Take
Terminator
Make
Because
Trade
How
Conduct
Want
Explode
Next
Next Level
Away
Thing
Level
Things
Career
Sometimes filming can be grueling when you're shooting the same scene for a week, or you're sitting around for 7 hours a day. They sound like very first-world champagne problems. I don't mean to sound like life is so hard, but filming sometimes is tougher than other times.
Jai Courtney
Life
Day
You
Sometimes
Problems
Other
Scene
Week
Tougher
Like
Hours
Around
Sound
Very
Times
Than
Shooting
Same
Sitting
Mean
Hard
Champagne
Grueling
Filming
After 'A Good Day to Die Hard,' I had a bit of an identity crisis as far as where I wanted to place myself in the business. When it's all new and fresh, there is a lot of pressure to know what you represent, and I didn't really get that.
Jai Courtney
Myself
Good
Day
You
Business
Good Day
Pressure
Bit
Crisis
Had
New
Know
Identity
Fresh
Lot
Get
Die
Die Hard
Represent
Where
As Far As
Wanted
After
Place
Far
Really
Hard
You get involved with a studio, and optional pictures and sequel options and that sort of thing are becoming part and parcel with the roles they're handing out.
Jai Courtney
You
Out
Parcel
Part
Studio
Part And Parcel
Pictures
Involved
Sort
Becoming
Handing
Optional
Options
Get
Roles
Sequel
Thing
If you get just a bit of exercise in before every meal, you'll really see a difference.
Jai Courtney
You
Before
Meal
Every
Bit
See
Exercise
Get
Just
Difference
Really
I would much rather have a couple of hundred grams of chicken in the afternoon than neck a shake. You're better off just keeping your diet relatively lean and eating simply.
Jai Courtney
You
Better
Relatively
Hundred
Would
Eating
Shake
Rather
Better Off
Simply
Lean
Couple
Off
Chicken
Than
Diet
Just
Afternoon
Much
Your
Keeping
Neck
The last time I played rugby, I busted my nose bad, and that's incentive not to get down and dirty in the park anymore.
Jai Courtney
Time
Down
Rugby
Bad
Park
Dirty
Get
Nose
Anymore
Incentive
Busted
Played
Last
Last Time
I kind of missed out on those years when a lot of my friends did big backpacking trips around Europe and that sort of thing. So to be able to travel and see parts of the world on the job is kind of a double whammy.
Jai Courtney
Travel
World
Job
Big
Those
Out
Kind
See
Able
Trips
Missed
Sort
Parts
Around
Years
Lot
Friends
Did
Double
Europe
Thing
I was always dressing up as a kid in the backyard, building some sort of fort and having battles against imaginary enemies. It's often that same feeling when you're pretending for a living, but it's with bigger toys.
Jai Courtney
You
Enemies
Pretending
Feeling
Building
Living
Kid
Battles
Backyard
Some
Dressing
Having
Toys
Sort
Always
Up
Same
Often
Bigger
Against
Fort
Imaginary
Auditioning for a couple of years, 99 per cent of the time you are doing an American accent.
Jai Courtney
Time
You
Per
Couple
Accent
Auditioning
Doing
Years
American
American Accent
Cent
I wear a lot of things for fun. Sometimes I'll wear one item that is deliberately stupid because that will make the outfit cool.
James Frecheville
Sometimes
Will
Stupid
Wear
Outfit
Deliberately
Make
Because
Lot
Item
Cool
Fun
Things
I was either told or I realised on my own terms that if you're going to be star-struck with the people you're working with, you're not going to work very well.
James Frecheville
Work
You
People
Own
My Own
Terms
Well
Very
Going
Either
Realised
Working
There is no doubt One.Tel was a terrible investment and something that I regret greatly.
James Packer
Regret
Doubt
No Doubt
Something
Investment
Terrible
Greatly
Almost everything I operated was in Melbourne and Perth, but in the end, I just couldn't bear the thought of leaving. Sydney is my home.
James Packer
Home
Thought
Everything
Melbourne
Bear
Almost
Almost Everything
Operated
Leaving
End
Just
In The End
Sydney
There is no trophy for the team that sails the most.
James Spithill
Trophy
Most
Sails
Team
You can no longer just be a good sailor. You have to be an incredible athlete as well. Having said that, you can be a great athlete, the strongest guy in the world, but if you can't anticipate and make decisions under stress and exhaustion and think ahead, then you won't be able to cut it, either.
James Spithill
Good
Great
You
World
Stress
Just Be
Think
Incredible
Athlete
Able
Strongest
Guy
Having
Longer
Well
Make
Said
Sailor
Exhaustion
Anticipate
Just
Either
Decisions
Cut
Then
I love America, and I love to say that my family is American.
James Spithill
Love
Family
Say
America
American
In typical sailing races a long time ago, you'd come in and go out, and the first thing you'd do is probably have a cold beer. The first thing we do now is have a protein shake and our recovery drink.
James Spithill
Time
Beer
You
Long
Long Time
First
Cold
Our
Typical
Out
Shake
Drink
Recovery
Long Time Ago
Come
Protein
First Thing
Sailing
Go
The First Thing
Races
Now
Thing
In real life, I'm a dad.
James Spithill
Life
Real Life
Real
Dad
I've kind of banned myself from motorcycles. I've had broken ribs, broken shoulder, wrists, leg, broken collarbone - and it was all from motocross or rugby. All of my injuries have come from outside of sailing.
James Spithill
Myself
Broken
Rugby
Kind
Outside
Had
Come
Sailing
Motorcycles
Leg
Banned
Ribs
Shoulder
Injuries
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