Quotes from Eric Bana

I hate being clean-shaven. My daughter gets very upset if I shave and says, 'Bring back the spikes, Dad.'

It's always been my hope, as an actor, to reveal only what is relevant about myself to the work.

I think the beauty of working with young people is they remind you of the spirit of acting and it's just a big play.

I look my best when I take my helmet off after a long motorcycle ride. I have a glow and a bit of helmet hair.

Over my lifetime, the car had actually transcended the fact that it is a car. It has become a venue.

I fell in love with many women at school who had no idea I existed. I'm a bit of a romantic.

The darker the film, the more vital everyone's sense of humor is on set.

I've always been a bit of a car freak.

I wanted to be a mechanic. When I was 14 I wanted to quit school and go work on my car. But my dad said Son, you shouldn't do that. You should stay in school until your education is finished, and when you're done, don't make your hobby your job.

When I shoot I'll take my family with me - one movie a year and then the rest of the time at home.

I have a theory that I really want my kids to know - the only coloration that they make between dad being in films and reality is just a lot of people doing a lot of hard work.

If you're lucky enough to be involved in a film that's about something very real and that you hope will continue to hold up in 20 years' time it just gives you more energy and makes it feel all the more worthwhile.

When you're shooting a film, you really don't get to be a dad, and you don't really get to be a husband. You don't really exist at all. But I do drag my family with me on location whenever I can.

The movies people don't talk about or remember after six months' time don't really matter.

I'm a bit of a romantic.

When I go on the plane to fly home, I'm literally capable of forgetting what I do for a job. That also comes about because I choose to take massive breaks between projects, and because I choose to do this ridiculous thing of keeping home, home.

I've always been attracted to cars, and driving is a completely measurable experience: if you qualify last on the grid, you're the slowest, and if you qualify first on the grid, you're the fastest. So no one can say you're slow if you're fast and no one can say you're fast if you're slow.

I race historic muscle cars back in Australia, and that's my hobby. And I try to race home as soon as I've finished a movie but don't tell anyone.

The thing I love about working with first-time directors is that it's always quite shocking how little difference there is between them and directors who've been directing all their lives.

Each time you go to the same track you know whether you're improving or whether you're not... it's not open to interpretation. It's measurable - unlike acting.

I deliberately fly in and out of LA for as small a time as humanly possible.

By the time I finished comedy, I was really burnt out of it. I had had enough. I don't really have a strong desire to prove myself in that area, or to go back to it in any great way.

The movies people don't talk about or remember after six months' time don't really matter.

When I shoot I'll take my family with me - one movie a year and then the rest of the time at home.