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I am attracted to characters who think they are in control, but their situation is uncontrollable.
Eric Bana
Control
Situation
Think
Characters
Uncontrollable
Attracted
Am
Who
I deliberately fly in and out of LA for as small a time as humanly possible.
Eric Bana
Time
Fly
Out
Possible
Small
Deliberately
La
I'd say I'm the opposite of someone that has the urge to stand in front of strangers and make them laugh, but the idea of getting up and telling a story and people finding it amusing always appealed to me.
Eric Bana
Me
People
Strangers
Say
Laugh
Telling
Finding
Someone
Idea
Make
Always
Opposite
Up
Front
Getting
Story
Urge
Them
Stand
Appealed
Amusing
I've never been someone that's had a five-year plan, or a three-year plan. That just seems to lead to a lot of disappointment, and doesn't give you the chance to be flexible.
Eric Bana
You
Disappointment
Someone
Three-Year
Give
Seems
Lead
Never
Had
Been
Lot
Five-Year
Just
Plan
Flexible
Chance
I think the beauty of working with young people is they remind you of the spirit of acting and it's just a big play.
Eric Bana
You
People
Beauty
Big
Young
Think
Spirit
Remind
Just
Young People
Working
Acting
Play
It's always bitterly disappointing to people to see how normally one can live.
Eric Bana
People
Live
See
Disappointing
Always
How
Normally
I'm not into bikinis or other revealing clothing.
Eric Bana
Other
Revealing
Clothing
I've always been attracted to cars, and driving is a completely measurable experience: if you qualify last on the grid, you're the slowest, and if you qualify first on the grid, you're the fastest. So no one can say you're slow if you're fast and no one can say you're fast if you're slow.
Eric Bana
You
Experience
Car
Slow
First
Say
No-One
Driving
Attracted
Qualify
Always
Been
Grid
Measurable
Fast
Fastest
Last
When you're shooting a film, you really don't get to be a dad, and you don't really get to be a husband. You don't really exist at all. But I do drag my family with me on location whenever I can.
Eric Bana
Family
Me
You
Husband
Location
Exist
Get
Shooting
Whenever
Really
Dad
Film
Drag
As an actor I've been attracted to the sort of films that I want to go and see. That tends to usually be drama-related.
Eric Bana
Films
See
Tends
Attracted
Sort
Go
Been
Want
Actor
I fell in love with many women at school who had no idea I existed. I'm a bit of a romantic.
Eric Bana
Love
Women
School
Bit
No Idea
Had
Idea
Fell
Existed
Romantic
Who
Many
I think I wasted a lot of my youth, falling for girls who were a couple of years older than me.
Eric Bana
Me
Youth
Girl
Older
Think
Couple
Were
Falling
Years
Lot
Than
Who
Wasted
I'm a bit of a romantic.
Eric Bana
Bit
Romantic
Stand-up came out of three things. Frustration, necessity and arrogance. I didn't have a great career ahead of me in anything. Someone literally said to me, 'You should try stand-up,' and took me to a venue.
Eric Bana
Great
Me
You
Arrogance
Frustration
Try
Three
Took
Great Career
Out
Someone
Venue
Said
Came
Literally
Anything
Should
Things
Necessity
Career
Over my lifetime, the car had actually transcended the fact that it is a car. It has become a venue.
Eric Bana
Car
Become
Fact
Lifetime
Had
Over
Venue
Actually
I always find that 90% of the performance, for me, is about what comes from inside.
Eric Bana
Me
Find
Inside
About
Performance
Always
If you're lucky enough to be involved in a film that's about something very real and that you hope will continue to hold up in 20 years' time it just gives you more energy and makes it feel all the more worthwhile.
Eric Bana
Hope
Time
You
Will
Energy
Enough
Worthwhile
About
Something
More
Gives
Feel
Involved
Makes
Real
Continue
Years
Up
Very
Just
Hold
Lucky
Film
I would never say never to returning to comedy.
Eric Bana
Comedy
Never Say Never
Say
Would
Never
Returning
I guess I'm a very keen observer, and I'd like to think I have a good imagination.
Eric Bana
Good
Think
Imagination
Guess
Observer
Like
Very
Keen
I'm spending all my time and energy on the project at hand.
Eric Bana
Time
Energy
Project
Spending
All My Time
My Time
Hand
The more I love the character, the harder it is to get it wrong. I have to get to a point that I can speak for them.
Eric Bana
Love
Character
Speak
More
Point
Wrong
Get
Them
Harder
Each time you go to the same track you know whether you're improving or whether you're not... it's not open to interpretation. It's measurable - unlike acting.
Eric Bana
Time
You
Interpretation
Unlike
Open
Know
Track
Go
Improving
Same
Whether
Acting
Measurable
Each
Each Time
The Israeli accent wasn't one that I was overly familiar with so had to learn from scratch but I was very fortunate I had the right amount of time.
Eric Bana
Time
Had
Accent
Learn
Israeli
Overly
Very
Familiar
Scratch
Fortunate
Right
Amount
I occasionally go to the gym and I lift free weights, I don't use machines.
Eric Bana
Free
Machines
Gym
Lift
Weights
Occasionally
Go
Use
I used to lift very heavy weights in my mid-twenties - I used to bench press over 300lb. The most I ever lifted was 330lb; I couldn't do that today, no way.
Eric Bana
Today
Bench
Way
Press
Lift
Lifted
Weights
Over
Most
Very
Heavy
Heavy Weights
Used
Ever
Women won't let me stay single and I won't let me stay married.
Errol Flynn
Me
Relationship
Women
Single
Married
Stay
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