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
My character was extremely lonely and I think I carried that feeling through the whole filming experience.
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.
I feel like I've never been in a film that people have liked before.
I like to see films that come out with lower budgets because you're forced into using your imagination. You don't have everything at your fingertips. You have to create it from scratch.
I love acting and I have a lot of fun.
I don't feel like I have anything to lose, so I don't really understand what I'm putting at risk.
I don't have that much forward planning about what I want to do next, or in the future.
When I started to watch some of the films I'd done, I realized I was doing movies that I might not actually want to see.
I never took an acting class, so I've made all my mistakes on film.
If you're just safe about the choices you make, you don't grow.
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.
but that is also what makes it exciting.
I have kind of been living out of bags for the past 13 years. I will just stick to that, ... Home is, like, Earth. I don't care where I land. I am actually thinking of going to live in Italy. The food and the wine are great there. That's it really.