Heath Ledger
Heath Ledger
Heathcliff Andrew Ledgerwas an Australian actor and director. After performing roles in Australian television and film during the 1990s, Ledger left for the United States in 1998 to develop his film career. His work comprised nineteen films, including 10 Things I Hate About You, The Patriot, A Knight's Tale, Monster's Ball, Ned Kelly, The Brothers Grimm, Lords of Dogtown, Brokeback Mountain, Casanova, Candy, I'm Not There, The Dark Knightand The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. He also produced and directed music...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth4 April 1979
CityPerth, Australia
CountryAustralia
I've never had high expectations of my work and I certainly am not going to let that plague my thoughts. I'm just going to continue to choose what feels right for me at the time and go with it.
I have never had great expectations of my performance or of a film. I try not to think about the outcome. If you look that far ahead, it sort of taints your choices as an actor. I try as hard as I can to believe that no one is ever going to see it and that it's not even a movie. Then you can allow yourself to bare more. Then, once a project is done, I tend to forget about it until it comes out.
My character was extremely lonely and I think I carried that feeling through the whole filming experience.
I love acting and I have a lot of fun.
I don't feel like I have anything to lose, so I don't really understand what I'm putting at risk.
I don't have that much forward planning about what I want to do next, or in the future.
I never took an acting class, so I've made all my mistakes on film.
I want to do theatre. I love theatre.
When I'm not acting, I do like to take a year off at a time, at least if I can, just in order to keep acting exciting - otherwise I get bored very quickly.
In a way, I was spoon-fed, if you will, a career. It was fully manufactured by a studio that believed that they could put me on their posters and turn me into their bottle of Coca-Cola, their product.
Thousands of women were falling in love with him all the time. So when he finally finds a woman who isn't attracted to any of that, that's what really devastates him, and interests him.
Working in Venice was like a four-month guided tour of the city. It was like shooting a film inside a museum.
We were trying to contrast each other a little bit. We wanted to present different qualities as brothers, but also have similarities ... like the fact that we wouldn't stand with these brave faces in the face of danger. We would scream like little girls, cower and run away.
From 18 to 22, I was alone, living in L.A. with a bunch of friends, partying.