Quotes from Emile Hirsch

We want to do for 'Hamlet' what Baz Luhrmann did for 'Romeo and Juliet' in terms of like a really cool kind of re-imagining.

How much cooler was Oz than seeing the little dude behind the curtain?

Artistic ambition is important. And it seems it would be a great time to do some theatre, like a new extreme.

I know what wanting and craving adventure feels like, I can really relate to that.

When you're reading Thoreau you look at Hollywood differently, let me tell ya!

Rather than love, than money, than faith, than fame, than fairness - give me truth.

I've realized that what you think of when you make a 'big movie,' if it's actually a green screen movie, it's like doing independent New York theater because you don't have any backgrounds or props. So it's kind of like making the lowest budgeted film you could possibly imagine, plus $100 million.

I don't really like the slogan 'It boy.'

Believe it or not, I got into the charismatic, shady, sly heart of Sedgewick Bell by watching CNN and C-SPAN.

There's something just so kind of smooth about politicians.

I had the misfortune of getting what skateboarders call hippers. It's when you fall on your hip again and again and again, just the same spot. It turns into like a blue purple bruise and it's just torture because I had to keep on doing the same move, going around in the pool again.

There's something about the good-hearted guy fighting the system. I just love that. That's how 'Speed' is. He's a really focused guy with a heart of gold and the corporations are trying to crush him and use him for his skills to make them more money.

A lot of the stuff in 'Speed Racer' has never been done before, from it having a multi-tone, to it having a retro-cool family movie, to having the photo-realism with the CG-backgrounds and infinite focus the way they worked with these digital cameras, to even the color experimentation.

'Brokeback Mountain' just blew me away. I'll always remember talking to Heath Ledger just after he finished that movie and he was going on about working with Ang and how incredible he was.

I'm not staying away from any genre. I'm trying to get scripts that I like.

I identify with someone wanting something to work out, but not being able to get through the rocks to the river.

Shooting in 3D hasn't really affected the way I work as an actor that much. Maybe that's not a good thing. Maybe I'm not being diligent enough.

I don't have an interest in any car that isn't good for the environment, other than maybe an aesthetic quality in a picture book.

Believing in yourself you gain confidence, which allows you to relax. Relaxation is one of the most important parts about acting.

We want to do for 'Hamlet' what Baz Luhrmann did for 'Romeo and Juliet' in terms of like a really cool kind of re-imagining.

As far as dieting and weight loss go, diet and exercise actually works. Lots of running and healthy eating.