Quotes by Eric Bana

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

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

"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."

"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 it in any great way."

"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."

"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."

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

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

"I would never say never to returning to comedy."

"I think luck gets you on to the stage. But it has nothing to do with keeping you there."

"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."

"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 to take physical risks."

"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."

"My chosen exercise is cycling. I just love it."

"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."

"I think I wasted a lot of my youth, falling for girls who were a couple of years older than me."

"I'm a bit of a romantic."

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

"The movies people don't talk about or remember after six months' time don't really matter."

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