Joel Edgerton

“Getting the call from Ridley Scott made me think that sometimes you just need to go to work.”

“I'm not going to allow myself to second-guess projects. I'm just going to do the ones that I fully love and believe in - that's a real privilege.”

“I have always stuck to my guns about what I want from the work and what interests me. I've never been seduced down the evil path. The path of taking the money.”

“'Animal Kingdom' feels like a suburban Melbourne version of 'The Godfather 'to me. It's epic and Shakespearean in its story, and yet you still feel like you can reach out and touch it.”

“I think it's great to be able to go and watch a short film before you watch a feature.”

“One of the things I've always enjoyed is moving around and staying fit. Physicality is such a big part of being an actor, but it's also about stillness and silence.”

“The sum total of all my stop-starts have made me less concerned about the future. I'm just aware now that I'll always land on my feet somehow.”

“Having rain on your tuxedo is a pretty good reminder that you're not James Bond.”

“Whenever you deal with science fiction you are setting up a world of rules. I think you work hard to establish the rules. And you also have to work even harder to maintain those rules, and w...”

“If, at the end of the day, I can look back and see pictures of all the characters I've played, and there's a smorgasbord of weirdos and interesting, odd, different characters, I'd be so happ...”

“This is the world we live in, isn't it? Tons of spin-offs; people reboot things very quickly. I was amazed how quickly they made a Wolverine movie, then, 'Let's do another origins Wolverine...”