Joel Edgerton
Joel Edgerton
Joel Edgertonis an Australian actor and filmmaker...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth23 June 1974
CountryAustralia
boxer favorite gotta love people three wait
People love boxing, but you've gotta wait two or three years for your favorite boxer to have a fight.
outdoors spent time
I spent a lot of time outdoors as a kid.
epic feels godfather melbourne suburban version
'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.
handed large life love occurs portion
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.
glamorous life next sets
I think the life of an actor is glamorous to other people, but then the reality sets in: you don't know where you will be next year or how long you'll be there for.
reckon time
I reckon I would be able compare anything to anything else if you gave me enough time.
disgusting
Actors are excused from a lot of things, and we get away with a lot... I find it equally interesting and exciting as it is disgusting and bizarre.
british cut gonna reach stand success
Australians and the British are very similar: If you try and stand out in any way, and you try to reach for success, someone is gonna be there to cut you down.
crap love movies stuff talk
I just don't want to do crap movies, man, because I just love that I can get up and talk about them and talk to journalists about stuff that I'm really proud of.
learned life scripts writer
I learned so much by being an actor, and part of my sort-of development as a writer is big thanks to the scripts I read in my acting life.