Russell Crowe Quotes

I like villains because there's something so attractive about a committed person - they have a plan, an ideology, no matter how twisted. They're motivated.
Russell Crowe

Person, Matter, Plan

I don't make demands. I don't tell you how it should be. I'll give you options, and it's up to you to select or throw 'em away. That should be the headline: If you're insecure, don't call.
Russell Crowe

Give, Insecure, Away

People accuse me of being arrogant all the time. I'm not arrogant, I'm focused.
Russell Crowe

Time, Arrogant, Focused

I really feel sorry for people who are, who divide their whole life up into 'things that I like' and 'things that I must do.' You're only here for a short time, mate. Learn to like it.
Russell Crowe

Life, Time, Sorry

My children have never watched any of my films. Charlie knows that daddy makes movies, but he says they are not good enough for him to watch.
Russell Crowe

Good, Movies, Children

God bless America. God save the Queen. God defend New Zealand and thank Christ for Australia.
Russell Crowe

God, America, Christ

I'm sick to death of famous people standing up and using their celebrity to promote a cause. If I see a particular need, I do try to help. But there's a lot that can be achieved by putting a check in the right place and shutting up about it.
Russell Crowe

Death, Famous, Help

I'd move to Los Angeles if New Zealand and Australia were swallowed up by a tidal wave, if there was a bubonic plague in England and if the continent of Africa disappeared from some Martian attack.
Russell Crowe

Move, Africa, England

When I was a little kid, I used to really embarrass my parents.
Russell Crowe

Parents, Used, Kid

Meg Ryan is a beautiful and courageous woman. I grieve the loss of her companionship but I've not lost the friendship. We talk all the time and that was what our connection was about. She has a wonderful mind and we just like a chat.
Russell Crowe

Friendship, Time, Beautiful

I have respect for beer.
Russell Crowe

I want to make movies that pierce people's hearts and touch them in some way, even if it's just for the night while they're in the cinema; in that moment, I want to bring actual tears to their eyes and goosebumps to their skin.
Russell Crowe

Movies, Night, Eyes

I'm destined to be attracted to those I cannot defeat.
Russell Crowe

Cannot, Defeat, Destined

Some of the things you read you get an immediate reaction to so I've stopped reading things now. I do worry about my family though. Some people do try some nasty things to get at them and try and get a reaction from them.
Russell Crowe

Family, Try, Worry

The important thing to me is that I'm not driven by people's praise and I'm not slowed down by people's criticism. I'm just trying to work at the highest level I can.
Russell Crowe

Work, Important, Down

There's nothing like sitting back and talking to your cows.
Russell Crowe

Nothing, Talking, Sitting

I always say I've given 24 insufficient performances and I'm looking forward to the time in my life when I'll do something that I think is good. There's always stuff you can do better, stuff that maybe you didn't uncover enough. But if you do something that you truly believe is perfect, then that's got to be the last movie you do.
Russell Crowe

Life, Time, Good

I don't play chess with my life, ya' know.
Russell Crowe

Life, Play, Chess

I respond in the moment which is what makes me a good actor.
Russell Crowe

Good, Moment, Makes

I'd like to play passionate women, but no one will let me.
Russell Crowe

Women, Play, Passionate

If I don't get the goose-bump factor when I'm reading it than I can't do it.
Russell Crowe

Reading, Factor

If there's anything about someone's life that's important enough to make a movie about it, I have to take responsibility to get all of it right. It's a huge responsibility.
Russell Crowe

Life, Important, Someone

Like everyone else, I've had moments when I've felt that I've been losing my grip.
Russell Crowe

Else, Everyone, Losing

My days, if they start in the morning with a cuddle from my son, are just so much more glorious than they were prior to that.
Russell Crowe

Morning, Son, Start

Reality is, I'm an actor and an entertainer, and I really wouldn't know what to do with another profession.
Russell Crowe

Reality, Another, Actor

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Nationality: Australian

Type: Actor

Born: April 7, 1964

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