Grant Bowler
Grant Bowler
Grant Bowleris a New Zealand-born Australian actor who has worked in American, Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian film, television, and theatre...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth18 July 1968
CityAuckland, New Zealand
CountryAustralia
character scripts looks
I pretty much always choose characters. That's what I do. That's what I look for. I look for dynamics in a script and potential.
running character long
A long-running TV series is a beast in that it demands you stick to one character over a long haul.
character keys laughing
A character, their ability or inability to laugh at themselves should always be a very, very conscious choice. It's a very big key to the nature of a human being.
careers stories television
I've been very fortunate in my career to work across a lot of different mediums. I've hosted, I've narrated, I've acted in television, miniseries, film - all of which are very, very different in the way they tell stories.
ignorance roots evil
The truth that I know for sure is that I may have an opinion, but I do not know the truth, and the other thing I know for sure is that certainty is the root of all ignorance and the root of all evil.
eight two long
Television is what we call the long form of storytelling, where we tell stories over thirteen, twenty-two, or twenty-four hours. Miniseries is an eight-hour form of storytelling, and film is a two-hour form. Each and every one of them are important to me, because they're a different modality of storytelling.
running fun fighting
The funny thing is, the older I get, the less I enjoy talking when I act. I don't like talking anymore. I like behavior. All of the running and gunning, and the fights and the stunts, is just awesome fun.
break disappoint one-thing
When I really get invested in something, the one thing that really disappoints me is when it breaks its own rules.
children passion two
The process of acting, not necessarily the business of acting, but the actual doing of it in the moment is my greatest kind of personal passion, the thing that brings me alive the most. Also, my two children.
thinking people feelings
I'm a person who doesn't necessarily enjoy feeling vulnerable, so I think my loved ones and my family make me feel vulnerable. Also, being connected with people when I'm working is a very vulnerable place to be.
mind-your-own-business mind mind-your-own
Mind your own business.
mean media actors
Money is tighter now, with the advertising dollar spread a lot more thinly across a whole range of media because of the Internet. It means the television networks have less power to produce shows, and TV is where most Australian actors make their money.
thinking guy focus
If we spent the majority of our focus just concentrating on our side of the street, not so much on what the next guy is doing, I think I'd get a lot more done - we'd all get a lot more done - and we'd probably have a lot less criticism for everybody else.
watches series knows
I don't watch the beginnings of many series; I don't know why - maybe because I'm normally working.