Eric Bana
Eric Bana
Eric Banadinović, known professionally as Eric Bana, is an Australian actor and comedian. He began his career in the sketch comedy series Full Frontal before gaining critical recognition in the biographical crime film Chopper. After a decade of roles in Australian TV shows and films, Bana gained Hollywood's attention for his performance in the war film Black Hawk Downand by playing the title character in the Ang Lee's Marvel Comics film Hulk. He has since played Hector in the movie...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth9 August 1968
CityMelbourne, Australia
CountryAustralia
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.
I guess subconsciously that all the great people you work with have an influence on you.
I've had frustrated storytelling juices that have been lying dormant for a long time, and I guess the documentary was a way of me telling a story that I felt most qualified to tell. And I loved it, and I'd love to do something else someday, probably more narrative-based. But I'm in no rush.
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 think there are times when you walk onto a set you can potentially be either intimidated or distracted by what's going on around you.
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 if you had to map that out at the beginning and you said, "Right, sit down, this is what you're going to be doing," you'd probably freak out. But I'm someone who really enjoys not being himself. So if you consider that, then it all sort of makes sense.
A girl's got to be fun. It's the one bit of advice I always give to friends of mine who are thinking of getting married.
As an actor I've been attracted to the sort of films that I want to go and see. That tends to usually be drama-related.
I always find that 90% of the performance, for me, is about what comes from inside.
I just think that's the job of an actor. I guess that's the variation that you're talking about. It's probably a byproduct of just constantly looking for something different, because that's what I feel like I'm supposed to do.
I deliberately fly in and out of LA for as small a time as humanly possible.
I didn't study Greek mythology in school and I wish I had.
I get inhabited by a character and then you mourn it. There's a period of mourning for me, definitely.