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Sam Worthington Quotes

When I was young, my parents were these titanic, infallible figures. But Mum’s illness and Dad’s battles with diabetes and heart attacks had a ripple effect on me – reminding me of my own mortality and that these illnesses are genetic.

– Sam Worthington

To supply people for ages in camps makes no sense… you have to rebuild that cabana that they rent out to tourists on the weekend. They need help getting their fields repaired and their boats repaired.

– Sam Worthington

I love my job; I love the world that it is. But I don’t want someone who is just in love with that world. I want to be with someone who is in love with me, warts and all.

– Sam Worthington

A mate of mine told me recently, ‘It’s the first time I’ve seen you work, Worthington.’ I thought that was quite funny, but he was right.

– Sam Worthington

I hate downtime.

– Sam Worthington

My dad had to work for everything in his life; so did my mum: she cleaned people’s houses and looked after old people. You can be complacent and sit on the couch and complain about the dreams that you missed. Get off the couch!

– Sam Worthington

A lot of these people were getting to where they didn’t need help anymore. You have to start all over again.

– Sam Worthington

When I do my job, I dive into these characters and try to flush something out of myself into these characters, and hopefully that translates well.

– Sam Worthington

You help families focus on the future through their children.

– Sam Worthington

Starting out, they told me: ‘You’re a good-looking guy. We’ll put you in this role, and you can be a conduit for the audience into this side of the story.’ But I’ve grown up, and that’s not what I want anymore. My concept of the job I do has evolved. And it is a job, nothing more.

– Sam Worthington

One of the best movies of the year was ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes.’ That’s not just an action movie – it’s a prison film.

– Sam Worthington

I’ve lost love. I’ve tried to reclaim a lost love and didn’t know how to do it.

– Sam Worthington

I don’t care what people think of me as a person, but I do care what people think of my work, and whether I’m investing enough into it.

– Sam Worthington

In the movies, they make you look good and tough, but in real life, it’s completely the opposite. I do these ueber roles, I think, because in real life I’m quite shy and reserved. In real life, I’m a dork.

– Sam Worthington

People care and are willing to help me out my desperate circumstances.

– Sam Worthington

I also care that the public are getting their 12 dollars worth when they go to a movie, and that they’re not coming out not wanting to ever see a movie with me in it again. I don’t care what people think of me as a person, but I do care what people think of my work, and whether I’m investing enough into it.

– Sam Worthington

My private life stays private.

– Sam Worthington

Most actors go, ‘I read the script and fell in love with it’; I fall in love with the directors.

– Sam Worthington

I like to play board games a lot with my girl, things like that. We attempt to cook. And even if it goes wrong, it doesn’t matter because it’s the time you spend doing it that’s important.

– Sam Worthington

Well, I think the world changes around you – I think you don’t change. That’s as simple as that.

– Sam Worthington

When I was in my 20s, I thought I knew who I was. And then as soon as I turned 30, I realized that person has bruises and bumps and dark parts. And you kind of go, well, that’s it. I’d rather embrace it than force myself to change.

– Sam Worthington

I do movies I would go to see.

– Sam Worthington

Oh, isn’t it cool? It’s so cool being an actor! It’s so cool having my face on a bus.

– Sam Worthington

I think if they suddenly cut away and you realize there is a stunt guy, you’re out of the movie.

– Sam Worthington

I didn’t set out to be famous; if I’d wanted that, I would have gone on ‘Big Brother.’

– Sam Worthington

Growing up, you tended to just go through school to get out, then figure out what you want to do in this big ball of mud.

– Sam Worthington