Joel Edgerton
Joel Edgerton
Joel Edgertonis an Australian actor and filmmaker...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth23 June 1974
CountryAustralia
expressive people remorse
Where does guilt and punishment lie, and are we not more expressive over remorse or guilt when other people see the badness in us?
areas clear gotten grey life moral point view viewpoint white
When I was young, I had a very clear point of view on things in life, on moral questions. There was a black and white viewpoint on my world. As I've gotten older, I see the grey areas appear.
scolded unto
I grew up being taught, 'Do unto others as they would do unto you.' I would get scolded for not being polite.
bad good mix
Everybody's a mix of good and bad choices that they make.
It's weird: I don't see myself as a tough guy.
cell decade piercing project ring roll scare telephone thriller written
I often put any project I write in a different decade just to roll the thought around in my head. There's a thriller I've written that I think would be nice to set in the '70s or '80s, just to take cell phones away from the movie. There's nothing like the piercing ring of an old-school telephone to really scare an audience.
good james reminder tuxedo
Having rain on your tuxedo is a pretty good reminder that you're not James Bond.
glory minute takes
The narrator of a documentary often comes in at the last minute and takes some of the glory they don't deserve.
playing polo
Polo is like playing golf with a saddle, and there are a lot of moving parts.
almost classic drive piece stream swim trying whenever
Whenever you're trying to do your own take on a classic piece of literature, it's almost like you're trying to swim up your own stream or drive down your own path.
The only way for you to show what you can do is to actually do.
fighter great mentally physical
What makes a really great fighter is a combination of ingredients: one is everything physical that you can do, and the other is what's mentally there for you. And I think that comes down to how big your heart is and what's driving you.
life people
I think the life of an actor is very glamorous to other people - then, realities set in.
glamorous life next sets
I think the life of an actor is glamorous to other people, but then the reality sets in: you don't know where you will be next year or how long you'll be there for.