Rachel Griffiths Quotes (29 Quotes)


    We grew up as kids watching those movies and we were exposed to themes of civil rights, unfairness, bigotry and fathers struggling against the kind of mob of the town, so you remember how you felt as a kid being taken seriously, that you are part of the human drama.

    I grew up on cricket and I think Australian kids are getting so Americanized, you know?

    I just don't see where I could possibly fit in directing a feature.

    I found it an interesting portrait of a marriage in exploring notions of how one partner supports the other, whilst not jeopardizing the greater good - which is the family.

    But just playing the partner of someone famous, I had a lot more freedom.


    I think a big part of our attraction to sport movies are the stories contained within the sports.

    Acting is like playing, while directing is really fun, sort of like an orgy.

    And I grew up watching all the British ones so when you hear that from an early age, it makes it much easier than you guys who don't grow up with Australian television or British television.

    A Golden Globe is a mood-altering substance, there's no doubt about that.


    We've got our football where no one wears anything and the guys are in little shorts and they beat the crap out of each other, and they can catch it and they can kick it, and it's the only place it's played in the world.

    In Britain, people thought I was British and for a long time, I'd do one movie or another and they wouldn't even know it was the same person.

    It was a lovely opportunity for the first time in my whole career to stand up and thank people who are really responsible for me getting to realize my dreams.

    I think baseball - the baseball genre - is this mitt, to use a double pun there, to catch a whole bunch of themes.

    Why movies are so powerful is because you are right in there and you stay in there until they want you to come out, and then you've really gone somewhere.

    I'm quite intuitive about what I pick. Often it's to do with what I've just done and how I'm feeling.

    I get paid to move people, and in this as a supporting actor to support Dennis - I kind of explore the part of the story that's not about baseball.

    There's a good sense of fun and lack of sarcasm in the Texans, maybe a little earnestness which is kind of why I found it quite Australian.

    People going into the cities for the opportunities and the towns are getting older, no young people.

    The closest thing I've got to baseball is playing rounders at school or my brothers using me as a cricket stump and throwing cricket balls at me.

    There's nothing as exciting as a comeback - seeing someone with dreams, watching them fail, and then getting a second chance.

    The filmmaker's got to make it his story and the actors have got to make it their story.

    I'm developing some screenplays at the moment with my Australian producer.

    It's like Australia gets to go to the Super Bowl. You know they're going crazy for it, I think there's this huge party in Sydney.

    I had a fear of being away from Australia so I've gotten home four times this year, during this season, which is basically every seven weeks.

    I'm so motivated to collaborate with people and help them realize the kind of collective vision.


    You know Texas is - even more now that Enron has bit the dust - it's held up on the back of small businesses.

    I'm pretty ruthless about that; I think when you sign over your story, you sign over your story.


    More Rachel Griffiths Quotations (Based on Topics)


    Movies - Baseball - People - Dreams - Time - Countries - Performance Arts - Chance - Age - Imagination & Visualization - Emotions - World - Drama - Sports - Cities - Opportunity - Liberty & Freedom - Family - Television - View All Rachel Griffiths Quotations

    Related Authors


    Sharon Stone - Penelope Cruz - Nicole Kidman - Neve Campbell - Loni Anderson - Katharine Hepburn - Farrah Fawcett - Debra Messing - Audrey Hepburn - Asia Argento


Authors (by First Name)

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M
N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

Other Inspiring Sections