Russell Crowe Quotes

• "There's nothing like sitting back and talking to your cows."
• "When I was a little kid, I used to really embarrass my parents."
• "The people who don't have a good relationship with me from a good performance point of view are very few and far between."
• "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."
• "People accuse me of being arrogant all the time. I'm not arrogant, I'm focused."
• "Reality is, I'm an actor and an entertainer, and I really wouldn't know what to do with another profession."
• "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."
• "Living in LA would be like unrolling my swag in the office. I just don't think it would be healthy, mate."
• "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."
• "If I don't get the goose-bump factor when I'm reading it than I can't do it."
• "I'm not one of those fellows that is just going to have a psuedo-middling relationship."
• "I'm an intense bastard when I'm doing my job. I don't suffer fools and I don't wanna f--k around. I want you to be ready and prepared. Let's go, man. If you come to that set and you don't know your lines, what the f--k have you been doing? You don't deserve the job."
• "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."
• "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."
• "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."
• "God bless America. God save the Queen. God defend New Zealand and thank Christ for Australia."
• "What is Egyptian cotton, and why would I travel with my own sheets?"
• "There's nothing like sitting back and talking to your cows."
• "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."
• "Like everyone else, I've had moments when I've felt that I've been losing my grip."
• "I enjoy the company of cattle. I really enjoy knowing them, running my hand over them."
• "On himself: 'I am a specialist in unrequited love' (mentioned to the audience at the Austin concert)"
• "I'd move to Los Angeles,' he once said, 'if Australia and New Zealand were swallowed by a huge tidal wave, if there was a bubonic plague in Europe and if Africa disappeared from some Martian attack.' Heat magazine, 4-12 May 2000."
• "People accuse me of being arrogant all the time. I'm not arrogant, I'm focused. I don't make demands. I don't tell you how it should be. I'll give you [expletive] options, and it's up to you to select or throw 'em away. That should be the headline: If you're insecure, don't [expletive] call."