There wasn't a moment where I got into cars. It wasn't a conscience decision or something that came later, it was there since I was born. I just love it.
When I go on the plane to fly home, I'm literally capable of forgetting what I do for a job. That also comes about because I choose to take massive breaks between projects, and because I choose to do this ridiculous thing of keeping home, home.
I hate being clean-shaven. My daughter gets very upset if I shave and says, 'Bring back the spikes, Dad.'
I get inhabited by a character and then you mourn it. There's a period of mourning for me, definitely.
It's always bitterly disappointing to people to see how normally one can live.
I used to lift very heavy weights in my mid-twenties - I used to bench press over 300lb. The most I ever lifted was 330lb; I couldn't do that today, no way.
I'd say I'm the opposite of someone that has the urge to stand in front of strangers and make them laugh, but the idea of getting up and telling a story and people finding it amusing always appealed to me.
I've always described parts as tattoos. For actors our tattoos are in the form of films.
I have a theory that I really want my kids to know - the only coloration that they make between dad being in films and reality is just a lot of people doing a lot of hard work.
Stand-up came out of three things. Frustration, necessity and arrogance. I didn't have a great career ahead of me in anything. Someone literally said to me, 'You should try stand-up,' and took me to a venue.
I've given no thought to moving to America at all.
I race historic muscle cars back in Australia, and that's my hobby. And I try to race home as soon as I've finished a movie but don't tell anyone.
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 disappointment, and doesn't give you the chance to be flexible.
The most serious film can be the most fun. The one that's supposed to be fun can be the most serious.
I didn't study Greek mythology in school and I wish I had.
I think there are times when you walk onto a set you can potentially be either intimidated or distracted by what's going on around you.
I never look at the size of the film when I'm looking for a part.
You'll read things and say, this is a really good project and it's probably going to be a hit, but I can see 20 other people playing that part. You have to have some sense of ownership to do a good job and be married to it for ever.
Technically speaking, you can build anything out of sand; it doesn't mean you do it.
A girl's got to be fun. It's the one bit of advice I always give to friends of mine who are thinking of getting married.
