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.

I’m always one time zone behind myself.

I’ve always been a bit of a car freak.

The only thing that may make me different from other people is I have passionate interests outside of work.

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...

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.

I guess I’m a very keen observer, and I’d like to think I have a good imagination.

I’m always reading and looking around for the next thing.

I’ve always described parts as tattoos. For actors our tattoos are in the form of films.

The reason my kids come to the set is so I can actually see them.

I guess subconsciously that all the great people you work with have an influence on you.

The most serious film can be the most fun. The one that’s supposed to be fun can be the most serious.

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...

I’m not into bikinis or other revealing clothing.

I didn’t study Greek mythology in school and I wish I had.

When I shoot I’ll take my family with me – one movie a year and then the rest of the time at home.

When I was a kid, I would do stupid things on my bike. I’d jump any ramp, I’d jump over people, I’d jump over things – always crashing, never hurting myself badly but always wanting...

By the time I finished comedy, I was really burnt out of it. I had had enough. I don’t really have a strong desire to prove myself in that area, or to go back to...

I am attracted to characters who think they are in control, but their situation is uncontrollable.

I’ve given no thought to moving to America at all.

I fell in love with many women at school who had no idea I existed. I’m a bit of a romantic.

My background was producing and writing and performing in television when I started out, and I really missed that, that whole creative process that comes from sort of ‘me’ storytelling.

I think love can come fairly easily and grow – but really liking the core essence of someone is a much harder thing to bottle. If you have both, you’re in pretty good shape.

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.

The darker the film, the more vital everyone’s sense of humor is on set.

If you can jump up onstage and make people laugh, shouldn’t you also be able to inhabit a character?

I get inhabited by a character and then you mourn it. There’s a period of mourning for me, definitely.

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...

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.

A girl’s got to be fun. It’s the one bit of advice I always give to friends of mine who are thinking of getting married.

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.

It’s always been my hope, as an actor, to reveal only what is relevant about myself to the work.

I look my best when I take my helmet off after a long motorcycle ride. I have a glow and a bit of helmet hair.

I never look at the size of the film when I’m looking for a part.

I’ll give you a list of a hundred ways that I’m more likely to be injured than belting around a race track with people who know what they’re doing. It’s not a place where I...

I wasn’t going to be a college kid. The only subject I was interested in was English. I think I had a subconscious interest in analyzing story.

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.

I would never say never to returning to comedy.

It’s always bitterly disappointing to people to see how normally one can live.

I love being at home, being with friends and family. I’m of European stock, brought up in Australia. I’m a passionate guy. I just love life.

I occasionally go to the gym and I lift free weights, I don’t use machines.

I’ve worked with some of the great cinematographers. So I’m always watching what they do and I’m watching how the director composes his shots, just because I find it interesting as an actor; you’re trying...

I’m very much a bit of a ghost presence.

I always find that 90% of the performance, for me, is about what comes from inside.

Technically speaking, you can build anything out of sand; it doesn’t mean you do it.

My wife and I really, really like each other as well as love each other.

My chosen exercise is cycling. I just love it.

I really enjoy working on small films.

There wasn’t a moment where I got into cars. It wasn’t a conscience decision or something that came later, it was there since I was born. I just love it.

I have a theory that I really want my kids to know – the only coloration that they make between dad being in films and reality is just a lot of people doing a lot...