Hugo Weaving

“I think I'm much less self confident today. I actually went through a quite painful period because of that thinking that I was completely hopeless. But I think that's something that we all go through at various times of our lives and it was quite a sustained thing with me.”

“As human beings, of course, we're all compromised and complex and contradictory and if a screenplay can express those contradictions within a character and if there's room for me to express them, that's a part I'd love to play, so much more than a character who is heroic and one-dimensional.”

“If a film isn't really talking about who we are and what our psychologies are, then we're probably not that interested in it, actually.”

“I think when your image becomes so big that it's hard for a viewer to see a character, then I think you're in danger as an actor of being unable to perform what you should be doing.”

“We're all outsiders in a way. We're all alone and can become very lonely.”

“As an actor, to play someone who's at war with himself, that's so interesting.”

“I'm so used to Australian films not getting a release outside Australia.”

“I still, by and large, make low-budget Australian films.”

“I guess I judge my films by how pleased I am with the work I do, so it's kind of on another level. If they do well at the box office, then that's great. Then I'm really pleased about that too.”

“I think often in film we limit our imaginations a little - well, quite a lot, actually... things get quite formulaic.”

“To me acting originally became an extension of game playing.”

“If the script grabs me and appeals to me, I'm really very keen to work on it.”

“I generally find an affinity with a lot of the people I play and I suppose if I didn't feel an affinity for them then they wouldn't be particularly good performances.”

“I keep thinking I should get a phone, because everyone's got one and it becomes increasingly difficult to exist in a society where everyone else has moved ahead and you haven't.”

“It's kind of chased away a few demons for me and, um, it's educated me a little bit more.”

“Across the board, Australian films need to have a lot more money spent on selling them.”

“As an actor, to do all sorts of different films is great.”