Russell Crowe Quotes

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  People accuse me of being arrogant all the time. I’m not arrogant, I’m focused.

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• You don’t want to be the guy whose back’s to the camera in the emotional part of the movie. So, you have to be aware of the camera movement and what the camera’s doing.

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• You don’t want to be starting a film not knowing what you want to do.a

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• While I was trying to save money to go to the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Australia I ended up getting all of this experience which meant that by the time I had enough money in the bank to go to school I didn’t really need to go to school anymore.

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• I don’t make demands. I don’t tell you how it should be. I’ll give you options, and it’s up to you to select or throw ’em away. That should be the headline: If you’re insecure, don’t call.

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• I have respect for beer.

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• 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.

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• God bless America. God save the Queen. God defend New Zealand and thank Christ for Australia.

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• I’d move to Los Angeles if New Zealand and Australia were swallowed up by a tidal wave, if there was a bubonic plague in England and if the continent of Africa disappeared from some Martian attack.

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• Like everyone else, I’ve had moments when I’ve felt that I’ve been losing my grip.

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• If I don’t get the goose-bump factor when I’m reading it than I can’t do it.

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• I’m destined to be attracted to those I cannot defeat.

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• I really feel sorry for people who are, who divide their whole life up into ‘things that I like’ and ‘things that I must do.’ You’re only here for a short time, mate. Learn to like it.

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• Some of the things you read you get an immediate reaction to so I’ve stopped reading things now. I do worry about my family though. Some people do try some nasty things to get at them and try and get a reaction from them.

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• Reality is, I’m an actor and an entertainer, and I really wouldn’t know what to do with another profession.

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• Meg Ryan is a beautiful and courageous woman. I grieve the loss of her companionship but I’ve not lost the friendship. We talk all the time and that was what our connection was about. She has a wonderful mind and we just like a chat.

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• 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.

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• There has to be a mathematical explanation for how bad that tie is.

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• There’s nothing like sitting back and talking to your cows.

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• When I was a little kid, I used to really embarrass my parents.

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Russell Crowe (20)

Birth:	7th April, 1964
Nationality:	Australian
Profession:	Actor, Musician

About

Russell Ira Crowe is a New Zealand-born Australian actor, film producer and musician. He came to international attention for his role as the Roman general Maximus Decimus Meridius in the 2000 historical epic film Gladiator, directed by Ridley Scott, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Actor, a Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor, an Empire Award for Best Actor and a London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor and 10 further nominations for best actor.

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