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Heath Ledger in his own Words
TOoP/Bruce:
"I'm lucky in a sense because I have a job where I get to scream and cry." "I get to purge myself in ways that don't really affect me personally." Chicago Sun-Times, Nov 18, 2007
TOoP/Bruce:
"There’s two sides to Ang’s direction - there’s the pre-production, which is incredibly thorough and private, and then there’s the shooting side, when he just doesn’t say anything at all. Nothing. If you haven’t done your homework - too bad. It was clear that the shooting time was his time to create."
"He’s also very set in his ways. He prepares you so much that he doesn’t cloud you with direction. There are not many instructions; it’s always just crisp and clear. He also doesn’t patronise you by slapping you on the back after every scene and saying ‘that was great, that was great… let’s try one more.’
"In fact, he never compliments you at all. Yet, it makes you try harder - and you do end up doing better."
TOoP/Bruce:
"I wouldn’t have cast me as [Jack]. I personally, enjoyed the complexity of Ennis, the lack of words he had to express himself, his inability to love. I liked how masculine he was going to be. I liked that he was a homophobic guy that falls in love with another man. I just don’t think I could’ve played Jack."
TOoP/Bruce:
"Because he was so clenched as a person, I wanted my mouth to be clenched. Whenever words came out - they had to be punching their way out."
TOoP/Bruce:
"You can’t think that far ahead when you’re making something. You’ve no idea how something is going to be perceived way down the line. If you think like that - your performance will be more manufactured. You have to pretend nobody is ever going to see it in order to really bare you soul."
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