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87 Insightful Quotes By Heath Ledger, The Man Who Left A Powerful Legacy

Famous As: Australian Actor Best Known for His Role as ‘The Joker’ in the Film ‘The Dark Knight’
Born On: April 4, 1979
Died On: January 22, 2008
Born In: Perth, Australia
Died At Age: 28

Despite his relatively short career in the industry and untimely death in 2008, Oscar-winning actor Heath Ledger is generally counted as one of the greats of all time. He was a true intellectual with developed artistic sensibilities. He was also exceptionally self-aware. He knew his abilities and limitations and acknowledged that his career had been spoon-fed to him by studio executives. Forgoing the desire to look back into the past or gaze forward into the future, he lived in the present. He often took long breaks between jobs, so he could maintain his excitement about acting. We have collected several of his quotes from archived interviews and articles. Here are some of the things he has to say on people. Choices, future, money, happiness, love, family and life in general.

Don't ever let anyone make you feel like you don't deserve what you want.

Don't ever let anyone make you feel like you don't deserve what you want.

Heath Ledger
Don't let anyone ever make you feel you don't deserve what you want.

Don't let anyone ever make you feel you don't deserve what you want.

Heath Ledger

It's kind of a rule of thumb for me to self-doubt going into any kind of project. I always think that I shouldn't be doing it and I don't know how to do it and I'm going to fail and that I fooled them. I always try to find a way out.

Heath Ledger
If you make decisions based upon people's reactions or judgments then you make really boring choices.

If you make decisions based upon people's reactions or judgments then you make really boring choices.

Heath Ledger
You see, in their last moments people show you who they really are.

You see, in their last moments people show you who they really are.

Heath Ledger
From 18 to 22, I was alone, living in L.A. with a bunch of friends, partying.

From 18 to 22, I was alone, living in L.A. with a bunch of friends, partying.

Heath Ledger
Does it depress you? To know just how alone you really are?

Does it depress you? To know just how alone you really are?

Heath Ledger
I am not a public speaker and never will be.

I am not a public speaker and never will be.

Heath Ledger
Had I listened to my agent, I'd be running around in tights, climbing buildings and stuff.

Had I listened to my agent, I'd be running around in tights, climbing buildings and stuff.

Heath Ledger
Growing up in Australia, you never feel like you're going to live beyond that place. You wake up and you go to the beach, and you do your homework. You're just a kid.

Growing up in Australia, you never feel like you're going to live beyond that place. You wake up and you go to the beach, and you do your homework. You're just a kid.

Heath Ledger
The only sensible way to live in this world is without rules.

The only sensible way to live in this world is without rules.

Heath Ledger
Wen I die, my money is not gonna come with me. My movies will live on for people to judge what I was as a person. I just want to stay curious and keep smiling like the joker

Wen I die, my money is not gonna come with me. My movies will live on for people to judge what I was as a person. I just want to stay curious and keep smiling like the joker

Heath Ledger
Never give up on what makes you smile

Never give up on what makes you smile

Heath Ledger
I apologize for my terrible interview skills.

I apologize for my terrible interview skills.

Heath Ledger
If you are just safe about the choices you make, you don't grow.

If you are just safe about the choices you make, you don't grow.

Heath Ledger
People generally express more in between their sentences when they're not speaking. Words are usually there to disguise who someone is or what they're feeling.

People generally express more in between their sentences when they're not speaking. Words are usually there to disguise who someone is or what they're feeling.

Heath Ledger
It's like anything in life, visualizing the old man you're going to become: As long as you have a clear picture of that - the life you want to lead - eventually you'll probably get there.

It's like anything in life, visualizing the old man you're going to become: As long as you have a clear picture of that - the life you want to lead - eventually you'll probably get there.

Heath Ledger
Introduce a little anarchy, upset the established order, and everything becomes chaos. I’m an agent of chaos, and you know the thing about chaos? It's fair.

Introduce a little anarchy, upset the established order, and everything becomes chaos. I’m an agent of chaos, and you know the thing about chaos? It's fair.

Heath Ledger
When I first started acting, I was just crap.

When I first started acting, I was just crap.

Heath Ledger
The Oscars are a really strange concept to me, that films and acting can be competing against each other. We're not running the same race. It's like we're all doing different sports in fact.

The Oscars are a really strange concept to me, that films and acting can be competing against each other. We're not running the same race. It's like we're all doing different sports in fact.

Heath Ledger
In the birthing process, you come out just realizing how stupid and weak men are! I mean, I might as well not have been in there, we're useless!

In the birthing process, you come out just realizing how stupid and weak men are! I mean, I might as well not have been in there, we're useless!

Heath Ledger
The reason that you dance and sing is to make the audience feel like they're dancing and singing. As long as you're having fun with it and giving it 100 percent, they're gonna feel that.

The reason that you dance and sing is to make the audience feel like they're dancing and singing. As long as you're having fun with it and giving it 100 percent, they're gonna feel that.

Heath Ledger
Some people just wanna see the world burn

Some people just wanna see the world burn

Heath Ledger
Nobody panics when things go “according to plan”. Even if the plan is horrifying!

Nobody panics when things go “according to plan”. Even if the plan is horrifying!

Heath Ledger
My nervous energy is usually the easiest form of energy to tap into.

My nervous energy is usually the easiest form of energy to tap into.

Heath Ledger
If you spend all day on horseback, and you hop off, you walk around like you still have a horse between your legs. And it affects your shoulders. They fall.

If you spend all day on horseback, and you hop off, you walk around like you still have a horse between your legs. And it affects your shoulders. They fall.

Heath Ledger
I've never had high expectations of my work and I certainly am not going to let that plague my thoughts. I'm just going to continue to choose what feels right for me at the time and go with it.

I've never had high expectations of my work and I certainly am not going to let that plague my thoughts. I'm just going to continue to choose what feels right for me at the time and go with it.

Heath Ledger
I'm still a kid. I'm like six years old. But it's just a matter of wanting to get up, it's just a big journey. I felt like when I left home that I was on a journey, and I still am.

I'm still a kid. I'm like six years old. But it's just a matter of wanting to get up, it's just a big journey. I felt like when I left home that I was on a journey, and I still am.

Heath Ledger
I'm shy. People get confused. They think as an actor you can get up and be confident on the screen. Why aren't you like this in normal life? Why can't you act in your social life? 'Because I can't!'

I'm shy. People get confused. They think as an actor you can get up and be confident on the screen. Why aren't you like this in normal life? Why can't you act in your social life? 'Because I can't!'

Heath Ledger
I'm not a big fan of western movies and I really don't like cowboy-indian movies. I have never watched them.

I'm not a big fan of western movies and I really don't like cowboy-indian movies. I have never watched them.

Heath Ledger