Heath Ledger
Heath Ledger
Heathcliff Andrew Ledgerwas an Australian actor and director. After performing roles in Australian television and film during the 1990s, Ledger left for the United States in 1998 to develop his film career. His work comprised nineteen films, including 10 Things I Hate About You, The Patriot, A Knight's Tale, Monster's Ball, Ned Kelly, The Brothers Grimm, Lords of Dogtown, Brokeback Mountain, Casanova, Candy, I'm Not There, The Dark Knightand The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. He also produced and directed music...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth4 April 1979
CityPerth, Australia
CountryAustralia
In a way, I was spoon-fed, if you will, a career. It was fully manufactured by a studio that believed that they could put me on their posters and turn me into their bottle of Coca-Cola, their product.
I believe acting truly is harnessing the power of belief.
I have never had great expectations of my performance or of a film. I try not to think about the outcome. If you look that far ahead, it sort of taints your choices as an actor. I try as hard as I can to believe that no one is ever going to see it and that it's not even a movie. Then you can allow yourself to bare more. Then, once a project is done, I tend to forget about it until it comes out.
I believe whatever doesn’t kill you, simply makes you stranger.
I flipped through his journals and then it was (history) out the window. We were making it into a romp. We wanted to have a clean slate and just have fun.
I flipped through his journals and then it was (history) out the window, ... We were making it into a romp. We wanted to have a clean slate and just have fun.
I had such a great experience with Terry on The Brothers Grimm that I vowed I'd look for other roles and films that would challenge me and offer me roles I'd never tackled before. I really wanted to stretch myself as an actor.
It was like shooting a movie inside a museum.
It was an opportunity not to take acting too seriously. We obviously weren't taking Casanova too seriously. Essentially we were borrowing his name and his legend and just having fun with it.
It took a delicate man to tell this story, and that's you.
throwing eggs at them. I purposely don't hit anybody because they'd turn around and sue me. I was lobbing the eggs at the rocks next to them. It's all you can do.
was a very lonely experience, but it was supposed to be.
I sort of took my career and destroyed it,
This felt like something that hadn't been done.