Russell Crowe

Russell Crowe

Actor

Russell Crowe is an acclaimed actor and filmmaker known for his powerful performances in films like 'Gladiator' and 'A Beautiful Mind'.

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Born
April 7, 1974
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"If you're a certain type of actor, then eventually stepping into a director's shoes is a natural transition. I've always been the actor who's very focused on the narrative, where my character is in the story, and how I can benefit the story. I've always had a technical aspect of what the lens is, how the camera is going to move, how I can feed the information the director applies within that move. If you're that type of actor, narrative-based, technically proficient, the next step is actually not that far."

Moving Character Shoes
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"I don't know if I was ever looking for this kind of success- it came along as a by-product of concentrating on what I was doing."

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"I read the bible often, not just to prepare for "Noah". I believe it is a very important book."

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"It's such an intimate experience, being a director, artistically. It's deep and it's satisfying and it's wonderful, on so many levels, but it's also really scary."

Scary Directors Levels
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"The thing about films is you learn new stuff all the time. You think you can get to a point where you've got it all down. But then another, different situation arises."

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"If I'm creating the composition, it's easier for me as an actor because I've just cut out the middle man. Because I've created the composition and now I'm in it, I already know exactly what I want to get out of it. So, bang!"

Cutting Men Creating
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"My days, if they start in the morning with a cuddle from my son, are just so much more glorious than they were prior to that."

Morning Son Glorious
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"To be honest, when you're younger and cooler, you say those sort of things don't mean anything, but then on the day when they pat you on the back and they say, "Look, mate, we're noticing what you're doing-thanks very much;' you think of the people who spent a life in the cinema and didn't receive that kind of accolade, and it's sort of a humbling experience. And it's very nice and all that. But it doesn't change the way I do things."

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"If you actually read the Bible, you can see there's a whole lot more information in there than the way we interpret the Bible. Because there are single lines in the Bible where if you just take them at face-value, they don't make any sense whatsoever in the world we see, we know, and we understand."

World Lines Information
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"I think that if there are problems in journalism they're created by journalists... the trivialisation of the news and the sort of snyed, cynical allowance of untruth to be in a newspaper because it might be titillating."

Thinking Cynical News
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"A lot of the things that other people from outside the business would see as crazy or strange are just a natural part of the working process. Preparation is key, and detail and collaboration are the rule, but no matter how many hours you spend preparing, there's always something."

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"I've always found it to be a privilege to make movies. It's a really expensive, creative medium. And people allow me to do it, and there are things that I can do as an actor that I couldn't do in any other walk of life."

People Creative
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"I can rely on me [being a director], unlike some actors. I never got anything less than what I needed from the lead actor."

Directors Actors Needed
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"You don't want to be starting a film not knowing what you want to do."

Knowing Want Film
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"Once you're a parent, male or female, every single thing that happens in your life is seen through the prism of being a parent."

Parent Males Female
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"While I was trying to save money to go to the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Australia I ended up getting all of this experience which meant that by the time I had enough money in the bank to go to school I didn't really need to go to school anymore."

Art School Australia
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"Are you not entertained?"

Badass
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"Anyway, I'm doing my rave and this spittle comes out of my mouth and it winds its way very delicately through the wire fence that separates us and lands clear and bright on Denzel's lip. And we're at the beginning of the scene and I've got to do the rest of the scene, and the camera isn't on him, it's on me - and I'm fully aware that I've just spat on Denzel Washington!"

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"Even though Noah is in the Koran as well. But we knew going into this project that you can't make stories or render images about the Prophet. But I do believe people are missing out if they don't have the choice to see this film."

Believe People Missing
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