Joel Edgerton quote: "Sometimes, what's not said is just as important to the writing as what is said. As a writer, we have our voices heard. I think that, at oftentimes, the ability to allow the dialogue to recede properly into the world of the film is also a really valid sort of way to be a writer, I think."

I'm hardly digging trenches for a living. I'm getting to tap into my boyhood fantasies of be...
JOEL EDGERTON

I would have happily done 'Bourne Legacy,' but a lot of decisions are made for you.
JOEL EDGERTON

Having rain on your tuxedo is a pretty good reminder that you're not James Bond.
JOEL EDGERTON

I operate under the theory that all publicity is good publicity, and then, if that theory doesn'...
JOEL EDGERTON

The tricky thing becomes: Do you know yourself well enough to then portray that on screen? And for m...
JOEL EDGERTON

I have this theory that alpha males are actually not alpha males. They're actually very scared -...
JOEL EDGERTON

Everything is a learning process: any time you fall over, it's just teaching you to stand up the...
JOEL EDGERTON

I worked for a big department store, and strangely, on my first day, they put me in charge of Christ...
JOEL EDGERTON

I think, often with Australian films, if an Australian film has been given the seal of approval by a...
JOEL EDGERTON

I always kind of aim with the action stuff to make it feel like, as an audience member, you're e...
JOEL EDGERTON

I learned a great lesson early on, even before I was really an actor, from that movie 'Planes, T...
JOEL EDGERTON

I came out of high school, where my heroes were, like, Michael Jordan and a lot of local rugby playe...
JOEL EDGERTON

The first video I ever watched was on a Beta system because everyone thought Beta was the way but th...
JOEL EDGERTON

Where does guilt and punishment lie, and are we not more expressive over remorse or guilt when other...
JOEL EDGERTON

Everybody's a mix of good and bad choices that they make.
JOEL EDGERTON

I've never seen a film get away completely unscathed like I have 'Animal Kingdom.' There...
JOEL EDGERTON

People talk about the difference between working on stage and working on film. I think you could say...
JOEL EDGERTON

I'm single, footloose and fancy free, I have no responsibilities, no anchors. Work, friendship a...
JOEL EDGERTON

Even to this day, when I think about the fact that I'm in this 'Star Wars' world, that I...
JOEL EDGERTON

I grew up being taught, 'Do unto others as they would do unto you.' I would get scolded for ...
JOEL EDGERTON

If, at the end of the day, I can look back and see pictures of all the characters I've played, a...
JOEL EDGERTON

The biggest difference for me is momentum. On a smaller film you get to shoot sometimes four or five...
JOEL EDGERTON

Making a movie like 'Felony' is hard work because you're really putting your own ideas o...
JOEL EDGERTON

Fighting in the ring or cage is very much different from fighting in the street. Fighting in the str...
JOEL EDGERTON

Sometimes I think being an actor is like being a dog for a director; it's like they throw a stic...
JOEL EDGERTON

I'm not saying I'm a family guy, but maybe that's what people see in me: some kind of pa...
JOEL EDGERTON

The downside to making movies at a gallop like we did with 'Wish You Were Here' is that we&#...
JOEL EDGERTON

'Animal Kingdom' feels like a suburban Melbourne version of 'The Godfather 'to me. I...
JOEL EDGERTON

Actors are excused from a lot of things, and we get away with a lot... I find it equally interesting...
JOEL EDGERTON

I love what I do, but it occurs to me I may have handed over a large portion of my life to fiction.
JOEL EDGERTON

I oftentimes find with movies that the heavier the onscreen situation is, the more levity there is o...
JOEL EDGERTON

As an actor, I'm constantly striving to find the darkness in the lighter characters and the ligh...
JOEL EDGERTON

When I was young, I had a very clear point of view on things in life, on moral questions. There was ...
JOEL EDGERTON

Polo is like playing golf with a saddle, and there are a lot of moving parts.
JOEL EDGERTON

I have an issue with the commercial aspect of moviemaking: I don't see why a movie can't mak...
JOEL EDGERTON

Some people are really good at playing the movie star - they are really good at cultivating that mys...
JOEL EDGERTON

Actors want to act; actors want to emote. It's like the emotional equivalent of tearing your shi...
JOEL EDGERTON

Getting the call from Ridley Scott made me think that sometimes you just need to go to work.
JOEL EDGERTON

All I can say is working with Ridley Scott is a dream come true.
JOEL EDGERTON

There's a certain relief to just being the guy who puts on the costume and walks onset and gets ...
JOEL EDGERTON

Pittsburgh felt like the perfect size of a city to me. There's enough to do, but it's not li...
JOEL EDGERTON

I often put any project I write in a different decade just to roll the thought around in my head. Th...
JOEL EDGERTON

You can't really be picky when no one is offering you anything.
JOEL EDGERTON

One of the things I've always enjoyed is moving around and staying fit. Physicality is such a bi...
JOEL EDGERTON

This is the world we live in, isn't it? Tons of spin-offs; people reboot things very quickly. I ...
JOEL EDGERTON

'The Great Gatsby' ticked so many boxes for me.
JOEL EDGERTON

It's weird: I don't see myself as a tough guy.
JOEL EDGERTON

A working definition of fathering might be this: fathering is the act of guiding a child to behave i...
CLYDE EDGERTON

Passion: A feeling you feel when you feel a feeling you've never felt before.
ANDREW EDGERTON

If you are a good person, you will probably be a good father. Try not to worry too much. If you don&...
CLYDE EDGERTON

As an older dad who grew up in a rural culture in the South, certain things were expected of women, ...
CLYDE EDGERTON

Being a father can 'unreason' your worldview, or at least make it very flexible, and that ca...
CLYDE EDGERTON

That's the nature of researchyou don't know what in hell you're doing. -'Doc' Edgerton.
'DOC' EDGERTON

I really didn't see it as overshadowing me, ... He's been in the league so long. He's earned his str...
EDGERTON HARTWELL

They came in here with the attitude that they were going to bully us around.
EDGERTON HARTWELL

Every linebacker on that team had some bad habits to get rid of, and that's what he did, improved al...
EDGERTON HARTWELL

That's not true. Things happen. Linemen get cut off, gaps get closed, backs don't run exactly where ...
EDGERTON HARTWELL

Sometimes you talk to coaches and they don't understand ... the things that happen at the snap of th...
EDGERTON HARTWELL

He definitely helped my career. I wanted to be a sponge. I wanted to learn from him.
EDGERTON HARTWELL

Every linebacker on that team had some bad habits to get rid of, and that's what he did, improved al...
EDGERTON HARTWELL

It's nothing personal with those guys. We're all friends, ... But I've got bragging rights for the n...
EDGERTON HARTWELL

I knew I wasn't going to have many plays, ... I wanted to make an impact early.
EDGERTON HARTWELL

My plan is two years from now people will be talking about me as one of the great linebackers that's...
EDGERTON HARTWELL

People always ask what he taught me. I don't go too deep into it. We worked. We didn't visit too muc...
EDGERTON HARTWELL

In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that n...
'DOC' EDGERTON

I once tried to raise two tomato plants, and they died in spite of the fact I fertilized them every ...
CLYDE EDGERTON

strong , long-dormant urge to fly came thundering back alive after almost twenty years. I had to get...
CLYDE EDGERTON

Solo: My Adventures in the Air,
CLYDE EDGERTON

A parentologist is a person who writes a book about parenting that is very clear about answers to, &...
CLYDE EDGERTON

Recently, I was preparing to sing Springsteen's 'If I Should Fall Behind' for a wedding ...
CLYDE EDGERTON

[Then it was on to Asia. Based at Yokota Air Base in Japan, he rotated regularly to Osan Air Base in...
CLYDE EDGERTON

Raney ... Describes more people I know than any book I've read.
CLYDE EDGERTON

In this group, not many are what I would call locals, so they have been fascinated with local histor...
CLYDE EDGERTON

centered all my aspirations and hopes about where I'd end up: in a jet fighter cockpit.
CLYDE EDGERTON

the words of a madman are only chaos to the sane.
-JOEL

'Queer Eye' is not much different from a lot of reality programming -- the premise of the first date...
GARY R. EDGERTON

In popular culture, familiarity or cuddliness is important.
GARY R. EDGERTON

It became a tent pole that holds up the whole evening. ... The importance of a hit show is not just ...
GARY R. EDGERTON

When 'Friends' began 10 years ago ... the actors and actresses on that show were relatively unknown....
GARY R. EDGERTON

If you want to reap financial blessings, you have to sow financially.
JOEL OSTEEN

When the negative thoughts come - and they will; they come to all of us - it's not enough to jus...
JOEL OSTEEN

You have to have talent. You have to get the audition and then you have to nail the audition.
JOEL MCHALE

God made you a masterpiece - be blessed, secure, disciplined and equipped.
JOEL OSTEEN

A pig has a plow on the end of its nose because it does meaningful work with it. It is built to dig ...
JOEL SALATIN

Musicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts.
BILLY JOEL

We live in a culture that relishes tearing others down. It's ultimately more fulfilling, though,...
JOEL OSTEEN

Why don't you start believing that no matter what you have or haven't done, that your best d...
JOEL OSTEEN

I think that God gives you your own will and choices. I don't believe that we're supposed to...
JOEL OSTEEN

If we're going to bring out the best in people, we, too, need to sow seeds of encouragement.
JOEL OSTEEN

If I play a villain, I try to find his lightness and his good side. And if I play a hero or a good g...
JOEL KINNAMAN

If you don't set the tone for the day, the devil will set it for you.
JOEL OSTEEN

I always try to put a seed of hope into people's hearts. I'm not there to teach them doctrin...
JOEL OSTEEN

I love 'Breaking Bad.' I'd watch Bryan Cranston read the phone book, for days.
JOEL KINNAMAN

I don't think the NFL had the slightest intention of taking me, except as maybe a water boy.
JOEL MCHALE

It's an awesome thing to be flung out onto the stage twice a weekend in front of 250 people, and...
JOEL MCHALE

My goal and my career is definitely not to be famous. That's a really horrible goal, just to be ...
JOEL MCHALE

Once you've been booked, people in Hollywood say, 'Oh he must be good.' All the while yo...
JOEL MCHALE

It's important to have the right agent - people that are working hard for you. But an actor need...
JOEL MCHALE

Joel McHale is so money, he should be printed on money.
JOEL MCHALE

If you have a dream, just lie about it. Lie your way unto your dreams.
JOEL MCHALE

Yes, I would say my comedy is grunge, evidenced by the fact my jokes have put an end to big-hair gla...
JOEL MCHALE

In prison, inmates sometimes use Cheetos and grape juice as makeup. I wouldn't use that beauty r...
JOEL MCHALE

Follow what your head is telling you and work hard. That's the big secret.
JOEL MCHALE

In a way, we are magicians. We are alchemists, sorcerers and wizards. We are a very strange bunch. B...
BILLY JOEL

We have an uncanny ability to make birds do what we want them to do. In Blood Simple there's a s...
JOEL COEN

Resting metabolic rate is largely genetically determined, but our calorie intake has an effect as we...
JOEL FUHRMAN

Combine anti-cancer foods to maximize protection against all cancers: A number of plant foods are as...
JOEL FUHRMAN

Industrial agriculture, because it depends on standardization, has bombarded us with the message tha...
JOEL SALATIN

I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
BILLY JOEL

If I need a cause for celebrationOr a comfort I can use to ease my mindI rely on my imaginationAnd I...
BILLY JOEL

[Does Joel feel a particular resonance with any of this year's other nominees? Sure, he says -- Paul...
BILLY JOEL

Shades of grey wherever I goThe more I find out the less that I knowBlack and white is how it should...
BILLY JOEL

I'm still dealing with the 21-year-old me. That idealist, that purist, that young, noble, and somewh...
BILLY JOEL

I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints - The sinners are much more fun
BILLY JOEL

Don't go trying some new fashionDon't change the color of your hair. . . .I could not love you any b...
BILLY JOEL

I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection.
BILLY JOEL

The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing ch...
BILLY JOEL

Young Joel Benenson supported - well, I - you know, look, I supported Bobby Kennedy, not Eugene McCa...
JOEL BENENSON

We think when God speaks to us, there's going to be a boom out of Heaven or we're going to g...
JOEL OSTEEN

When faith in our freedom gives way to fear of our freedom, silencing the minority view becomes the ...
JOEL SALATIN

Humor is a universal lanuage.
JOEL GOODMAN

I believe that God breathed life into every person and that every person is made in the image of God...
JOEL OSTEEN

When I grew up, the Devil was a reason why I had a headache or the Devil was the reason I got mad to...
JOEL OSTEEN

Keep in mind, hurting people often hurt other people as a result of their own pain. If somebody is r...
JOEL OSTEEN

There just isn't any pleasing some people. The trick is to stop trying.
JOEL ROSENBERG

Quit questioning God and start trusting Him!
JOEL OSTEEN

You must make a decision that you are going to move on. It wont happen automatically. You will have ...
JOEL OSTEEN

Jesus was saying that you can't have a larger life with restricted attitudes.
JOEL OSTEEN

I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity. It's something we are ...
BILLY JOEL

I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.
BILLY JOEL

Like a boxer in a title fight, you have to walk in that ring alone.
BILLY JOEL

He that cannot decidedly say, No, when tempted to evil, is on the highway to ruin. He loses the resp...
JOEL HAWES

The good days weren't really so good, and tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems.
BILLY JOEL

I've come to realize that life is not a musical comedy, it's a Greek tragedy.
BILLY JOEL

A typical day in the life of a heavy metal musician consists of a round of golf and an AA meeting.
BILLY JOEL

Aim at the sun, and you may not reach it; but your arrow will fly far higher than if aimed at an obj...
JOEL HAWES

Vision without action is a dream. Action without vision is simply passing the time. Action with Visi...
JOEL BARKER

They say there's a heaven for those who will wait. Some say it's better, but I say it ain't. I'd rat...
BILLY JOEL

There's nothing better than good sex. But bad sex? A peanut butter and jelly sandwich is better than...
BILLY JOEL

Don't do anything that you wouldn't feel comfortable reading about in the newspaper the next day.
JOEL OSTEEN

I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints.
BILLY JOEL

I want people to think through issues. I'm just tired of blind alignment.
JOEL SALATIN

The north of Sweden is very socialist and poor. They feel left out and despise Stockholm in many way...
JOEL KINNAMAN

In Sweden, there's a lot of talk of gender equality. That discussion isn't as prevalent in t...
JOEL KINNAMAN

The question is: Where would it get you if something that's a little bit ambiguous in the movie ...
JOEL COEN

Christmas is the perfect time to celebrate the love of God and family and to create memories that wi...
JOEL OSTEEN

Land degradation did not start with chemical agriculture. But chemical agriculture offered new tools...
JOEL SALATIN

My cooking philosophy, what I try to do, is to make a cuisine where the produce and the product shin...
JOEL ROBUCHON

Dieting by portion control doesn't work because one is constantly fighting addictive drives.
JOEL FUHRMAN

We can produce more per acre on a fifth of the fuel as the industrial food system.
JOEL SALATIN

Think of all the mesquite in Texas, the pinyon pines, the acorns in Appalachia, every place has the ...
JOEL SALATIN

I'm healthy as can be - not an ache or a pain. A lot of my prayer is thanking the Lord that I am...
JOEL OSTEEN

I've never really understood that. It's a funny thing; people sometimes accuse us of condesc...
JOEL COEN

Friend, there's no greater investment in life than in being a people builder. Relationships are ...
JOEL OSTEEN

I am very honored for all the distinctions and accolades, but what I am most sensitive to is my clie...
JOEL ROBUCHON

Excess body fat alters the levels of the hormones insulin, leptin, and estrogen, and these factors a...
JOEL FUHRMAN

Every day we have plenty of opportunities to get angry, stressed or offended. But what you're do...
JOEL OSTEEN

I'm kind of crazy with karma. I really believe that everything you do revisits you, so, I'm ...
JOEL MADDEN

A lot of psychological principles and even medical principles, you see them coming around to what th...
JOEL OSTEEN

I think faith is incredibly important because you will become overwhelmed with what's happening ...
JOEL OSTEEN

You can live your life angry, bitter, mad at somebody or even guilty, not letting go of your own mis...
JOEL OSTEEN

I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity. It's something...
BILLY JOEL

You can change your world by changing your words... Remember, death and life are in the power of the...
JOEL OSTEEN

Black and white is abstract; color is not. Looking at a black and white photograph, you are already ...
JOEL STERNFELD

Keep a good attitude and do the right thing even when it's hard. When you do that you are passin...
JOEL OSTEEN

Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you're going to...
JOEL OSTEEN

When you give up yourself, that's when you will feel the true spirit of Christmas. And that'...
JOEL OSTEEN

It is a hard thing to let go of mistakes we've made and sins. God wants us to do that because He...
JOEL OSTEEN

I want to challenge you today to get out of your comfort zone. You have so much incredible potential...
JOEL OSTEEN

When a dish works, it works for everyone, whether you're Asian, European, African, American or a...
JOEL ROBUCHON

You're going to go through tough times - that's life. But I say, 'Nothing happens to you...
JOEL OSTEEN

My mom always said that there would be haters. Not everyone can love ya.
JOEL MADDEN

I've done a lot of self-improvement. I'm always working on being a better person.
JOEL MADDEN

Some people keep God in a Sunday morning box and say, 'Hey, I did my religious duty.' That&#...
JOEL OSTEEN

You have to come to your closed doors before you get to your open doors... What if you knew you had ...
JOEL OSTEEN

I believe if you keep your faith, you keep your trust, you keep the right attitude, if you're gr...
JOEL OSTEEN

I believe that God has put gifts and talents and ability on the inside of every one of us. When you ...
JOEL OSTEEN

When you focus on being a blessing, God makes sure that you are always blessed in abundance.
JOEL OSTEEN

Let go of yesterday. Let today be a new beginning and be the best that you can, and you'll get t...
JOEL OSTEEN

See, when you drive home today, you've got a big windshield on the front of your car. And you...
JOEL OSTEEN

We have these weapons of mass destruction on every street corner, and they're called donuts, che...
JOEL FUHRMAN

The main rule to me is to honor God with your life. To life a life of integrity. Not be selfish. You...
JOEL OSTEEN

Faith is about trusting God when you have unanswered questions.
JOEL OSTEEN

I wouldn't ever say if you're having tough times then there must be something wrong with you...
JOEL OSTEEN

There's nothing better than good sex. But bad sex? A peanut butter and jelly sandwich is better ...
BILLY JOEL

Micronutrient-poor foods, like pasta, sugar, and soda, don't just give you empty calories and ma...
JOEL FUHRMAN

Excess dietary salt is most notorious for increasing blood pressure. Americans have a 90 percent lif...
JOEL FUHRMAN

The human diet, for millions of years, did not contain any added salt - only the sodium present in n...
JOEL FUHRMAN

The key to excellent health and longevity is to eat a high ratio of micronutrients to macronutrients...
JOEL FUHRMAN

Consuming mushrooms regularly has been associated with decreased risk of breast, stomach and colorec...
JOEL FUHRMAN

Sodium is an important mineral that is essential for proper functioning of the human body - however,...
JOEL FUHRMAN

If you want ideal health, you need to overcompensate and eat an excellent diet.
JOEL FUHRMAN

Eating a high-nutrient diet actually makes you more satisfied with less food, and actually gives the...
JOEL FUHRMAN

If you eat the standard Western diet that most people eat in the modern world, it's quite likely...
JOEL FUHRMAN

The human body is a miraculous self-healing machine, but those self-repair systems require a nutrien...
JOEL FUHRMAN

Onions, along with leeks, garlic, shallots and scallions, make up the allium family of vegetables, w...
JOEL FUHRMAN

Most weight loss diets center around portion control, which is just trying to eat smaller amounts of...
JOEL FUHRMAN

Seeds and nuts are indispensable for cardiovascular health. The protective properties of nuts agains...
JOEL FUHRMAN

Healthy people eating healthy food should never need to take an antibiotic.
JOEL FUHRMAN

Certainly adding fats in the form of oils is fattening and unhealthy, but naturally fat-rich foods l...
JOEL FUHRMAN

Sometimes, what's not said is just as important to the writing as what is said. As a writer, we have our voices heard. I think that, at oftentimes, the ability to allow the dialogue to recede properly into the world of the film is also a really valid sort of way to be a writer, I think.

Joel Edgerton

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