Heath Ledger Quotes (31 Quotes)

I felt this was such a refreshing story of love. For me, our characters were also complex, and to...really investigate this form of humanity and expression of love was an opportunity that I hadn't had.

We have some places picked out.

It was an opportunity to tell a story that hadn't been put on the screen. The character is so tragic. I really enjoyed how little words he had to express his battle and express his inability to love.

The movie's already exceeded any expectations I had. I think pleasing Annie Proulx, the writer, and getting her nod of approval was the biggest success for me, for us.

We certainly weren't going out of our way to make a change in the world. We didn't make the film for any kind of political movement. We never expected to change people's minds but if it does affect people's hearts, if perceptions can get altered, that's a good thing.

Aren't we at the stage these days when it just doesn't ... matter It's a story of love and it's a story between two people. If people can't get over that and just accept it as a story, then that's their problem. I'm big enough and brave enough to do it.

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.

It was pretty clear that this story hadn't been put to screen. It's not very often that you come across a story that hasn't been made.

(We) met with a gentleman who had been a junkie or an addict for 25 years and interviewed him.

It's not a disease. It's not contagious. They should understand that it's a story of pure love. They don't have to be a hero. They don't have to be brave like us. I guess a little bit of maturity is being asked for because society has been immature in the past. That's about it.

was a very lonely experience, but it was supposed to be.

It was an opportunity not to take acting too seriously. We obviously weren't taking Casanova too seriously. Essentially we were borrowing his name and his legend and just having fun with it.

Since my profession had wound me up, I needed something in my profession to wind me down. I couldn't just go home I would have gone mad. So I went to Venice, floated around the city, drank wine, ate pasta. I needed to just breathe, relax . . . and got paid for it.

We were trying to contrast each other a little bit. We wanted to present different qualities as brothers, but also have similarities ... like the fact that we wouldn't stand with these brave faces in the face of danger. We would scream like little girls, cower and run away.

Banning it is hilarious and very immature of a society. If two people are loving ... I think we should be more concerned if two people express anger in love, than love.

I'm not good at future planning. I don't plan at all. I don't know what I'm doing tomorrow. I don't have a day planner and I don't have a diary. I completely live in the now, not in the past, not in the future.

I wasn't prepared to expose stories about something so special and wonderfully private that is happening in my life. I guess a part of me wishes that I'd never have to and that maybe I could protect this special time. I was dreaming.

If you are just safe about the choices you make, you don't grow.

We have a few places up our sleeves, ... I would much rather work in Europe than America.

I have kind of been living out of bags for the past 13 years. I will just stick to that, ... Home is, like, Earth. I don't care where I land. I am actually thinking of going to live in Italy. The food and the wine are great there. That's it really.

I flipped through his journals and then it was (history) out the window. We were making it into a romp. We wanted to have a clean slate and just have fun.

I apologize for my terrible interview skills.

I only do this because I'm having fun. The day I stop having fun, I'll just walk away.

When his lady friend Michelle Williams (of Dawson's Creek ... spend at least a few months bonding.

But the paparazzi are quite malicious and vocal and really rude, ... And they camped outside of my house, so I started throwing eggs at them, lobbing them at rocks next to them.

My character was extremely lonely and I think I carried that feeling through the whole filming experience.

If you just be safe about the choices you make, you don't grow.

Thousands of women were falling in love with him all the time. So when he finally finds a woman who isn't attracted to any of that, that's what really devastates him, and interests him,

We had a good sense of humor about it, because we knew what we were holding on to and how it was going to exceed expectations and labels. We weren't running around naked in chaps swinging pink guns in the air. We knew that, and we found it funny that no one else did.

Casanova was a person who really fell in love with every woman, as opposed to Don Juan, ... I also have an appreciation for love -- just not that many.

I still find it personally disappointing that people kind of go out of their way to voice their disgust or their opinions against the ways in which two people choose to love one another. I think that's really unfortunate.