Hugo Weaving Quotes (11 Quotes)

They were familiar with me and my capabilities, what I can and can't do. I understand them and they understand me. I read the script twice I think. The real challenge is acting beneath that mask.

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.

I don't think I'll ever escape the fact that I don't belong anywhere in particular. I've often dreamed about going back to Nigeria, but that's a very romantic notion. It's a hideous country to go to in reality.

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.

When you don't see an actor's face, it forces you to listen to what he has to say. What was important to me was that the ideas came through.

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

Terrorism is a word that's bandied around a lot at the moment, and the more we use it, the less it means and the more we use it, the less we have to ask ourselves why someone is doing these things. The important thing is to ask why.

He made the right move. You have to make sure you've got the project you really want to do. If you make three great films in your life, that's fantastic. Better than making six crap ones.

Initially I probably didn't even call it acting, but dressing up or something. As a kid I think you fully imagine the world in which you want to inhabit, so you put some clothes on and just kind of freely imagine this world, and it's a total imaginary world.

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.

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