Joel Edgerton
Joel Edgerton
Joel Edgertonis an Australian actor and filmmaker...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth23 June 1974
CountryAustralia
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I don't want at the end of my life to look back at just a bunch of fictional movies I was involved in that kept taking me away from the real world.
action imagined
I'd never really imagined myself as an action star.
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The downside to making movies at a gallop like we did with 'Wish You Were Here' is that we're shooting four or five scenes in a day, and it's very exhilarating, but you worry at the end of the day that you missed some details because you were moving too quick, and you just gotta trust and be ready straightaway.
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I learned a great lesson early on, even before I was really an actor, from that movie 'Planes, Trains & Automobiles' that John Hughes made: that you could make a movie that's really, really, really, really funny, and sometimes you can still achieve... making the audience feel very deep emotions as well.
beings harder human nature work
The nature of human beings is that we're competitive, and the chances are there's someone out there who's going to work harder than you and want it more than you.
movies
I don't necessarily see myself as an experienced filmmaker just because I've been in a few movies.
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Sometimes I just wonder if I'm being led by variety. If one film leads me down one path, sometimes I just want to turn around and head the opposite way for the next project. I hope that's not the case, but sometimes I suspect that.
outdoors spent time
I spent a lot of time outdoors as a kid.
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'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.
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I love what I do, but it occurs to me I may have handed over a large portion of my life to fiction.
skeptical
I'm pretty skeptical about Hollywood and its fascination with the sequel and the franchise.
life people
I think the life of an actor is very glamorous to other people - then, realities set in.
hackman
Gene Hackman was a superstar in the '70s - with that face!
hughes
I wanted to make a movie that was kind of a tribute to the way I feel when I watch a John Hughes movie.