I’m proud of ‘Black Hawk Down’ because I think it told a provocative story and it was honest. It could have had more opportunity to tell both sides of the story, but I’m still proud of it. – Josh Hartnett
I get quite fed up being on a film set day after day, six days a week. It can get to be a grind. – Josh Hartnett
My hat was pulled down and this girl said ‘Are you really him?’ I whispered ‘Yeah, I’m really him.’ She screamed, ‘Mom! Dad! It’s Heath Ledger! – Josh Hartnett
When the director has a vision for a piece that I’ve never heard before, and they can back that up with visuals, and they talk a good game, I get really interested in the world that they’re trying to create. – Josh Hartnett
I’m a lot older than my little brothers and sister, so I think I grew up babysitting them. – Josh Hartnett
It’s not scary to make a horror film because you get to pull back the curtain and see that none of it’s real. When you’re watching one, the terror bombards you. – Josh Hartnett
If I was painting or writing, I wouldn’t veer away from things because they seemed unsavoury to me. So as an actor, I kind of think the same way. I should do things that are different and interesting and shed light on the craziness of the world. – Josh Hartnett
Everybody was trying to put me in action movies and heroic roles, and I wanted to find more complex things. They just didn’t suit my taste, so I thought, ‘OK, I have to be brave enough to say no.’ And for a while, that hurt me immeasurably in the Hollywood world. – Josh Hartnett
I like movies about people and movies with characters; that’s what I’m drawn to as a person who likes to create these characters within the story, but I like it all, really. – Josh Hartnett
I’m always trying to find something unique or a project that I can do something unique in. – Josh Hartnett
I get bored with the same old film coming out every weekend. It feels like it’s the same story all the time, and the same visuals, and the characters’ dilemmas are remarkably similar. – Josh Hartnett
You know what? I’m really attracted to British women, there’s something innately proper about them. However badly they behave their accent is so cute that it makes up for everything! – Josh Hartnett
My friends and I make short films. We pretended to rob the Dairy Queen where our friend worked, but someone thought we were real thieves and called the cops! Soon, the cops burst in with guns drawn! – Josh Hartnett
My abilities on the computer are limited pretty much to iTunes and YouTube. I check my email as much as anybody, but I’m more old-fashioned in a certain sense. – Josh Hartnett
Honestly, I guess if you looked at my CV, I’ve been doing independent movies since I started. I think that I kind of took a few steps back from Hollywood as soon as it all started to come my way because I wasn’t quite ready for the attention. – Josh Hartnett
I’ve had my heart broken, and it’s not fun. But I’d rather have my heart broken than break someone else’s heart. – Josh Hartnett
I always find that I have to be emotionally on my character’s side for it to be convincing. – Josh Hartnett
Up until the age of 16, I was very focused on sport – I played a lot of football. Then I tore my ACL and had to stop playing. – Josh Hartnett
You know, honestly, acting in film is remarkably independent. You’re doing your thing and someone else is doing their thing. – Josh Hartnett
We’re all on a journey. The average American switches professions four times. I’m lucky to be in a business where I can change the character I am playing every couple of months. – Josh Hartnett
I look for the character to be something interesting, the script to have a good story and be original, and a director that I admire. – Josh Hartnett
I’m very ‘spur of the moment’. I’m always trying to think of fun things to do to create a memory. – Josh Hartnett
I spent my entire first pay cheque from ‘Cracker,’ a TV show on ABC, on an Audi because my other car broke down and I needed to get to work. – Josh Hartnett
We all want somebody to come in and save the day and change our lives for the better. – Josh Hartnett
I became popular very young. I viewed myself as just a young actor trying to figure out how to do well, and, you know, making mistakes and learning and growing. – Josh Hartnett
I never really considered acting as a career. I kind of fell into it. Originally, I wanted to be a painter. – Josh Hartnett
