A biography for Eric Banahasn’t been written yet.
“I hate being clean-shaven. My daughter gets very upset if I shave and says, 'Bring back the spikes, Dad.'”
“I guess subconsciously that all the great people you work with have an influence on you.”
“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.”
“I never look at the size of the film when I'm looking for a part.”
“I've always described parts as tattoos. For actors our tattoos are in the form of films.”
“I like the unknown. I like mystery.”
“I've always been a bit of a car freak.”
“I'm a bit of a romantic.”
“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.”
“If you can jump up onstage and make people laugh, shouldn't you also be able to inhabit a character?”
“I've worked with some of the great cinematographers. So I'm always watching what they do and I'm watching how the director composes his shots, just because I find it interesting as an actor; you're trying to help them out as well.”
“It's always been my hope, as an actor, to reveal only what is relevant about myself to the work.”
“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.”
“I always find that 90% of the performance, for me, is about what comes from inside.”
“"זה היה מעניין עבורי לתחקר את חייו של הנרי השמיני ולהיפגש עם מומחים והיסטוריונים. זה מאוד עזר לי לבנות את הדמות. גיליתי שהוא היה יו הפנר של המאה ה־16.”
“אני נראה במיטבי כשאני מוריד את הקסדה שלי אחרי רכיבה ארוכה על אופנוע. יש לי זוהר וקצת שיער קסדה.”
“בניגוד להרבה גברים שמפחדים מנשים חזקות, אני דווקא אוהב נשים חזקות, זה סקסי בעיניי.”
“אני חושב שהתמזל מזלי, וכרגע אני במצב בר מזל, שאני מודע לו לחלוטין. אני חושב שהמזל מעלה אותך למעלה, אבל אינו קשור ליכולת שלך להשאר שם.”
“אני תמיד מפתח אמון עם השחקנית שניצבת מולי, גם בסצנות אהבה וגם בסצנות של אלימות.”