Quotes by Russell Crowe

“Perhaps it is good to have a beautiful mind, but an even greater gift is to discover a beautiful heart.”

“Id 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.”

“I like villains because theres something so attractive about a committed person -- they have a plan, an ideology, no matter how twisted. Theyre motivated.”

“There has to be a mathematical explanation for how bad that tie is.”

“Theres nothing like sitting back and talking to your cows.”

“I have respect for beer.”

“Im destined to be attracted to those I cannot defeat.”

“messy, psychologically damaged weirdo”

“. The important thing to me is that Im not driven by peoples praise and Im not slowed down by peoples criticism. Im just trying to work at the highest level I can.”

I have respect for beer.

The Americans love Aussies, but theyre actually quite afraid of us at the same time because they think were insane. Then they see our sports - league, union, and AFL - and that makes them even more worried.

Im 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 theres a lot that can be achieved by putting a check in the right place and shutting up about it.

Swallow My Gift is all about music being its own reward. I dont do it to become more famous I dont do it to make money. I dont do it from an ego-driven point of view.

Theres an ease that I have living in Australia. The best things about Sydney are free: the sunshines free, and the harbours free, and the beach is free.

War isnt just about bravery and courage and jingoism and patriotism. Its also fundamentally about grief. And the people that go and do the fighting and the dying are never the people who actually benefit from the fighting and the dying.

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.

I want to make movies that pierce peoples hearts and touch them in some way, even if its just for the night while theyre in the cinema; in that moment, I want to bring actual tears to their eyes and goosebumps to their skin.

I lost my front tooth in rugby league when a fat guy from Bellevue Hill kicked me in the face as I got up from a tackle to mark him. I made this decision not to cap the tooth because I thought it was false. But I didnt make any movies as a teenager, and I had a very hard time with girls and stuff.

Meg Ryan is a beautiful and courageous woman. I grieve the loss of her companionship but Ive 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.