David Wenham Quotes

• Listening and hearing are two different things, and acting is comprehending what the person is saying, thinking how it makes you feel and responding. That's the key to really honest, truthful, compelling performance.

  David Wenham

  Thinking, Keys, Two

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• As we mature and grow older we collect a lot of baggage, and a lot of that stuff you collect on life's journey gets in the way of acting. My kids can imagine a character and transform in the blink of an eye. It's so simple for kids, so complex for adults.

  David Wenham

  Character, Kids, Eye

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I was 11 when a teacher suggested to my parents that they should send me to drama classes to curb my disruptive ways in the classroom. The next Saturday I was acting, and thereafter it became a ritual of my youth to see a show at the Belvoir on Sundays and, if I was lucky, another at the Opera House on Monday after school.

  David Wenham

  Teacher, Monday, Drama

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Some people would say I've made it now.

  David Wenham

  People, Made, Made It

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'll never forget anything about Middle Earth. That's part of my memory now so I won't miss anything.

  David Wenham

  Memories, Missing, Earth

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• I'm becoming a frustrated director, I think, in an actor's body.

  David Wenham

  Thinking, Frustrated, Directors

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My life at the moment is a bit like my wardrobe. Organised chaos.

  David Wenham

  Chaos, Moments, Wardrobe

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I always loved putting on shows - when you're the youngest of seven and five are older sisters, you've got to get noticed somehow! I did puppet shows and magic shows... even ventriloquism. My doll's name was 'Dan,' and I used to write these scripts, and my schoolmate hid under the table and supplied Dan's voice.

  David Wenham

  Writing, Names, Voice

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Id love to work with the people who really got the film industry going again through the 70s: Peter Weir, Bruce Beresford, Gillian Armstrong, Fred Schepisi.

  David Wenham

  People, Film, Peter

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• In all honesty, if somebody asked me the secret of auditioning for Americans, I don't know. Often, I do what's called self-taping for America. I go over there quite a lot to sit in a room and do stuff in front of people. You feel like a performing monkey. It's bizarre.

  David Wenham

  Honesty, Self, America

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I think actors do make really, really wonderful directors.

  David Wenham

  Thinking, Directors, Actors

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• In very general terms 'Top Of The Lake' is about good and evil. It's a deep dark mystery. It also deals with lots of fascinating human relationships, and it's also about the battle of the sexes.

  David Wenham

  Sex, Dark, Lakes

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I do regard myself as very lucky.

  David Wenham

  Lucky, Regard

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I would love to direct a feature and have Robert Connolly produce it. That would be really fab.

  David Wenham

  Would Be, Produce, Direct

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I've ended up spending more time in front of a camera than on stage, but the stage is where I come from.

  David Wenham

  Cameras, More Time, Stage

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Acting, to me, is being given the freedom and ability to play, and that's - that's what I love most about it. I feel very comfortable in playing, whether it be in front of a camera or on stage.

  David Wenham

  Play, Acting, Cameras

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Australia is a phenomenally beautiful country, and every time I go away and come back, it never ceases to amaze me.

  David Wenham

  Beautiful, Country, Australia

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Well you just have to own it, I suppose. Own the character, which is difficult.

  David Wenham

  Character, Difficult, Wells

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• I think you have to find the humanity in the character and then the deterioration is a part of the process - the journey of the character. It's like playing King Lear. You can start off as a nice old man who finishes up crazy.

  David Wenham

  Kings, Crazy, Nice

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I have a sort of long-term plan to direct. I'm pragmatic about it. I realize I don't need to rush it or force it.

  David Wenham

  Long, Needs, Realizing

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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