Mark Webber
Mark Webber
Mark Alan Webberis an Australian professional racing driver, currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship as a Porsche works driver in LMP1, in which he is one of the three reigning World Drivers' Champions...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionRace Car Driver
Date of Birth27 August 1976
CityQueanbeyan, Australia
CountryAustralia
dad race two
You know, when my dad was a racing fan in Australia he would follow Jack Brabham and sometimes only hear if he won two days after a race - when the result finally appeared in his newspaper. These days I can tweet something and it's all over the world in seconds.
struggle past dwelling
One of the biggest things I struggle with in life is not being present. I'm worried about my future or I'm dwelling on my past, and I'm wondering why I'm not feeling so great right now, but it's because I'm everywhere else, besides what is currently happening in front of me.
children parent just-being
99.9% of being a good parent is just being present with your child. On the flipside of that, 100% of being happy is just being present.
actors moments humans
Be in the moment as an actor and as a human being, and you're going to be happy.
bullshit filmmaking
A lot of filmmaking is all about filtering out the bullshit.
thinking people love-relationship
I think, as most people are, I'm fascinated with love, relationships, and my daily life so I'm very inclined to make films about those things.
interesting looks way
It's really interesting for me as a filmmaker to go back and look at the films I've made and see where I was at that point in my life and also where my ideals were and the beliefs that I had and look at the ways I've grown and evolved and apply that to the next thing.
fun believe play
That's the fun thing about making movies is that you get to do stuff. You get to be things, say things that you're not, kind of walk in someone else's shoes and play dress up and make believe. It's pretty cool.
being-yourself real giving
When people can be vulnerable to one another then you're kind of giving people permission to really be yourself and not try to impress all the time and you get into more interesting work. You're being real and you're not afraid to mess up or seem weird.
I love directing and that's where I'm headed. That's where my head is at.
team people effort
I love putting things together. I love putting together a team and making stuff with people. It's great, that's what's cool about movies it's such a collaborative effort.
years want firsts
The first film I directed (Explicit Ills), I did when I was like 27 years old. I had been an actor for a certain amount of time, and then I was like, "I want to start directing."
opportunity creating people
As a director and filmmaker, I love creating my own opportunity, and getting to share the love, in that way, by creating other opportunities for people that I admire, so that they can do something in a way they haven't done it before.
writing theme process
For me writing and filmmaking is a therapeutic process. It reflects themes that I'm going through at a time in my life.