Quotes by Eric Bana

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

"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."

"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."

"I wanted to be a mechanic. When I was 14 I wanted to quit school and go work on my car. But my dad said Son, you shouldn't do that. You should stay in school until your education is finished, and when you're done, don't make your hobby your job."

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

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

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

"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."

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

"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."

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

"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 of hard work."

"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."

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

"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."

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

"I'm a bit of a romantic."

"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."

"When I go on the plane to fly home, I'm literally capable of forgetting what I do for a job. That also comes about because I choose to take massive breaks between projects, and because I choose to do this ridiculous thing of keeping home, home."

"I race historic muscle cars back in Australia, and that's my hobby. And I try to race home as soon as I've finished a movie but don't tell anyone."

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

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

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

"Over my lifetime, the car had actually transcended the fact that it is a car. It has become a venue."

"I've always been a bit of a car freak."

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

"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."

"I hate being clean-shaven. My daughter gets very upset if I shave and says, 'Bring back the spikes, Dad.'"

"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."

"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."

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

"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."

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

"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."