Emile Hirsch

I don't really like the slogan 'It boy.'

— Emile Hirsch

In Dogtown, skateboards are like bikes to the Chinese.

— Emile Hirsch

I'm a very, very conservative driver.

— Emile Hirsch

How much cooler was Oz than seeing the little dude behind the curtain?

— Emile Hirsch

I'm not a ball in a pinball machine. I know what I want.

— Emile Hirsch

There's something just so kind of smooth about politicians.

— Emile Hirsch

As far as dieting and weight loss go, diet and exercise actually works. Lots of running and healthy eating.

— Emile Hirsch

Especially these days where everything is so polite and so proper, I think that rites of passage are good.

— Emile Hirsch

Believing in yourself you gain confidence, which allows you to relax. Relaxation is one of the most important parts about acting.

— Emile Hirsch

Rather than love, than money, than faith, than fame, than fairness - give me truth.

— Emile Hirsch

If you give an actor any wiggle room to whine in situations where they want to whine, you're gonna whine.

— Emile Hirsch

It was very, very challenging being on this thing called the gimbal. It would throw you around, give you whiplash, and they'd…

— Emile Hirsch

I'm not staying away from any genre. I'm trying to get scripts that I like.

— Emile Hirsch

The willingness to keep learning is, I think, the most important thing about trying to be good at anything. You never want…

— Emile Hirsch

I had the misfortune of getting what skateboarders call hippers. It's when you fall on your hip again and again and again,…

— Emile Hirsch

I think I've always been half out of my shell and half in. Sometimes I can be extremely wild and sometimes I…

— Emile Hirsch

Even just a normal shot I find that much more interesting because of the 3D. It's like a shot of a couple…

— Emile Hirsch

A lot of the stuff in 'Speed Racer' has never been done before, from it having a multi-tone, to it having a…

— Emile Hirsch

People always ask me about career choices, though it rarely ever seems like any kind of choice. It's just like, I really…

— Emile Hirsch

Well, when I was a kid and I watched 'Speed Racer,' I used to always watch it in the morning with my…

— Emile Hirsch

Brokeback Mountain' just blew me away. I'll always remember talking to Heath Ledger just after he finished that movie and he was…

— Emile Hirsch

On 'Into The Wild' I spent months risking my life and on 'Speed Racer' I spent 60 days acting in front of…

— Emile Hirsch

That's really good for an actor - to like the people behind the scenes - because then you treat the camera differently.…

— Emile Hirsch

I've realized that what you think of when you make a 'big movie,' if it's actually a green screen movie, it's like…

— Emile Hirsch

James Dean taught me not to speed, River Phoenix taught me not to DO speed, and Marlon Brando taught me to slow…

— Emile Hirsch

I've definitely had ideas and plans that sometimes exceed my means and capabilities.

— Emile Hirsch

The genres are widening. I don't think that there's as many limitations on the kinds of projects that actors can do as…

— Emile Hirsch

Maybe you will be afraid and maybe you will fail, but the courage to take risks in any part of your life…

— Emile Hirsch

When you're reading Thoreau you look at Hollywood differently, let me tell ya!

— Emile Hirsch

Believe it or not, I got into the charismatic, shady, sly heart of Sedgewick Bell by watching CNN and C-SPAN.

— Emile Hirsch

I know what wanting and craving adventure feels like, I can really relate to that.

— Emile Hirsch

I'm sort of like a rat in a maze - I'm moving forward, and any choice I make at the time seems…

— Emile Hirsch

Sometimes good days are not always fun, sometimes they are good because of how hard they were and gratifying for those reasons.

— Emile Hirsch

Artistic ambition is important. And it seems it would be a great time to do some theatre, like a new extreme.

— Emile Hirsch

We want to do for 'Hamlet' what Baz Luhrmann did for 'Romeo and Juliet' in terms of like a really cool kind…

— Emile Hirsch

I don't have an interest in any car that isn't good for the environment, other than maybe an aesthetic quality in a…

— Emile Hirsch

I identify with someone wanting something to work out, but not being able to get through the rocks to the river.

— Emile Hirsch

Shooting in 3D hasn't really affected the way I work as an actor that much. Maybe that's not a good thing. Maybe…

— Emile Hirsch

The traveling and adventure always lift my spirits soaring with exhilaration.

— Emile Hirsch

I remember when I saw 'The Matrix' when I was 13, I saw it in the theaters, and I was so blown…

— Emile Hirsch