Heath Ledger

“I thought, I need to be more cautious about my choices - it reflects on who I am.”

“I don't know, as long as I get to evolve and grow as an actor and as a person, that's the stuff I'm after.”

“You know, I'm not in a hurry, and everybody else in Hollywood - particularly agents and managers - they're all in a hurry.”

“If you make decisions based upon people's reactions or judgments then you make really boring choices.”

“I didn't want to raise my child in Hollywood.”

“I'm happy without money.”

“I have a lot of great distractions outside of acting.”

“When I'm not acting, I do like to take a year off at a time, at least if I can, just in order to keep acting exciting - otherwise I get bored very quickly.”

“I never took an acting class, so I've made all my mistakes on film.”

“You learn more about yourself through your child, I guess.”

“It's kind of a rule of thumb for me to self-doubt going into any kind of project. I always think that I shouldn't be doing it and I don't know how to do it and I'm going to fail and that I fooled them. I always try to find a way out.”

“I'm still a kid. I'm like six years old. But it's just a matter of wanting to get up, it's just a big journey. I felt like when I left home that I was on a journey, and I still am.”

“There's nothing like working with your mates - it's the way it should be, as far as I'm concerned.”

“I like to set up obstacles and defeat them.”

“I felt like my career was out of my hands.”

“In a way, I was spoon-fed, if you will, a career. It was fully manufactured by a studio that believed that they could put me on their posters and turn me into their bottle of Coca-Cola, their product.”

“Anyone that has a job that takes them away from home, I think, can understand the difficulties in maintaining consistency, not only with your family and those you love but with your friends.”

“If you spend all day on horseback, and you hop off, you walk around like you still have a horse between your legs. And it affects your shoulders. They fall.”

“In my opinion, New York City police officers are brave.”

“I wasn't going to have fun doing a teen movie again.”