I knew a man once who said, "Death smiles at us all. All a man can do is smile back.
I want to make movies that pierce people's hearts and touch them in some way, even if it's just for the night while they're in the cinema; in that moment, I want to bring actual tears to their eyes and goosebumps to their skin.
Perhaps it is good to have a beautiful mind, but an even greater gift is to discover a beautiful heart.
The important thing to me is that I'm not driven by people's praise and I'm not slowed down by people's criticism. I'm just trying to work at the highest level I can.
I like villains because there's something so attractive about a committed person - they have a plan, an ideology, no matter how twisted. They're motivated.
At 49, I find it a little bit difficult to run these days. I've got grade four tears in both Achilles, shin splints, I got no cartilage the toes in my right foot, I've got bone marrow edemas under both knees, I've got one degenerating hip - that's the problem you get.
I have a new horse. I get her to come to me from half a mile away. With just a simple call. That's because she knows that when she's with me, she's taken care of. She trusts me.
I'm not one of those fellows that is just going to have a psuedo-middling relationship.
I don't know if I was ever looking for this kind of success- it came along as a by-product of concentrating on what I was doing.
Do I think Cate Blanchett is the most spectacular creature that ever walked the planet? Yes, I do.
We can't repay our good luck with bad grace. It invites darkness.
If there's anything about someone's life that's important enough to make a movie about it, I have to take responsibility to get all of it right. It's a huge responsibility.
What we do in life echoes in eternity
I've loved Danielle Spencer since 1989 - that's never going to change - and that's one of those things where I stare at her and go, 'How did it fail?' I still can't work it out, because my feelings for her have never changed.
Once you're a parent, male or female, every single thing that happens in your life is seen through the prism of being a parent.
![I can rely on me [being a director], unlike some actors. I never got anything less than what I needed from the lead actor.](https://quotes.thefamouspeople.com/images/quotes/russell-crowe-80947.jpg)
I can rely on me [being a director], unlike some actors. I never got anything less than what I needed from the lead actor.
I think that if there are problems in journalism they're created by journalists... the trivialisation of the news and the sort of snyed, cynical allowance of untruth to be in a newspaper because it might be titillating.
My bottom line is that I think Ridley Scott is one of the greatest visual artists of our time and I feel very privileged that he wants to work with me, so I go with that flow.
I am a man that has a lot of respect for faith and spirituality. I think it is important that we talk about religion in today's world.
You can't understand it until you experience the simple joy of the first time your son points at a seagull and says 'Duck!'
In tyranny lies only failure. Empower every man and you will gain strength.
You need to learn to live with your mistakes. And you need to be in a position to say No once in a while. It's important in life, and it's important for any career that you want to pursue.
If you live like it’s the past and you behave like it’s the past, then guys from the future find it very hard to see you.
My kids are being raised in a much more affluent environment than was mine. My wife and I talk about that all the time because neither of us had this kind of experience.
I've followed Leeds since I was a little kid. I used to come home from sport in the afternoon, me and my brother, and watch 'Match of the Day.' I love the club. I want nothing but success for the club.
I didn't get married to get divorced.
I'm a virtuoso in my job in that there's not an actor I can't go into a scene with and be absolutely confident that, whatever is required of my character, I can do it.
My days, if they start in the morning with a cuddle from my son, are just so much more glorious than they were prior to that.
I don't play chess with my life, ya' know.
I respond in the moment which is what makes me a good actor.
