Eric Bana

I like the unknown. I like mystery.

— Eric Bana

I'm very much a bit of a ghost presence.

— Eric Bana

I would never say never to returning to comedy.

— Eric Bana

My chosen exercise is cycling. I just love it.

— Eric Bana

I'm a bit of a romantic.

— Eric Bana

Abs are for people with no friends.

— Eric Bana

I've always been a bit of a car freak.

— Eric Bana

I'm always one time zone behind myself.

— Eric Bana

I don't like to come at my character from some really technical place.

— Eric Bana

I've given no thought to moving to America at all.

— Eric Bana

I'm always reading and looking around for the next thing.

— Eric Bana

It's always bitterly disappointing to people to see how normally one can live.

— Eric Bana

If I read something and I love it, I'll do it and I don't even ask what the budget is.

— Eric Bana

Technically speaking, you can build anything out of sand; it doesn't mean you do it.

— Eric Bana

I never look at the size of the film when I'm looking for a part.

— Eric Bana

I think luck gets you on to the stage. But it has nothing to do with keeping you there.

— Eric Bana

I love working with people who have had television experience because I think there's a real efficiency and methodology that comes from…

— Eric Bana

The longer you have something, the stronger the bond. That's true with people as well as things.

— Eric Bana

It's always been my hope, as an actor, to reveal only what is relevant about myself to the work.

— Eric Bana

I get inhabited by a character and then you mourn it. There's a period of mourning for me, definitely.

— Eric Bana

I am attracted to characters who think they are in control, but their situation is uncontrollable.

— Eric Bana

I've never been someone that's had a five-year plan, or a three-year plan. That just seems to lead to a lot of…

— Eric Bana

But it's healthy - whatever you can do to keep you fresh and awake. Acting's such a ridiculous job and sometimes you…

— Eric Bana

Without a doubt, rowing is the hardest thing you can attempt to learn in a short period of time.

— Eric Bana

I think you need to be able to see a lot of negative in things in order to extract material, so there's…

— Eric Bana

I've had frustrated storytelling juices that have been lying dormant for a long time, and I guess the documentary was a way…

— Eric Bana

I usually befriend the camera department very early on in the film and drive them nuts. I'm constantly bombarding them with questions…

— Eric Bana

In America now every romantic comedy is interpreted politically. I can remember when I was promoting Black Hawk Down we were all…

— Eric Bana

I think if you had to map that out at the beginning and you said, "Right, sit down, this is what you're…

— Eric Bana

The notion of people commenting on you, the notion of people saying things about you, people liking or disliking you and getting…

— Eric Bana

Stand-up came out of three things. Frustration, necessity and arrogance. I didn't have a great career ahead of me in anything. Someone…

— Eric Bana

I'm realistic about it. It's been quite some years since I've worked full-time in that area, so I no longer have any…

— Eric Bana

It's got to be a challenge but at the same time you have to feel as though you can play them -…

— Eric Bana

Obviously this stuff takes a bit of planning, but I've always been someone that sets achievable short-term goals. I've never been someone…

— Eric Bana

I've always been someone that sets achievable short-term goals. I've never been someone that's had a five-year plan, or a three-year plan.…

— Eric Bana

It's always hard but the reality is, especially in my case, that every time I go to work I have to do…

— Eric Bana

It only seems jarring when you look back on the work I've done. I think if you had to map that out…

— Eric Bana

At the beggining of my career, for me the comedy circuit was a combination of desperation and the fact that it was…

— Eric Bana

I really enjoy working on small films.

— Eric Bana

I guess subconsciously that all the great people you work with have an influence on you.

— Eric Bana