Heath Ledger

Quote: I only do this because I'm having fun. The day I stop having fun, I'll just walk away. [Heath Ledger]

Quote: I'm not good at future planning. I don't plan at all. I don't know what I'm doing tomorrow. I don't have a day planner and I don't have a diary. I completely live in the now, not in the past, not in the future. [Heath Ledger]

Quote: It transcends a label. It's a story of two human beings that are in love; get over the fact that it's two men ? that's the point. [Heath Ledger]

Quote: It's not a disease. It's not contagious. They should understand that it's a story of pure love. They don't have to be a hero. They don't have to be brave like us. I guess a little bit of maturity is being asked for because society has been immature in the past. That's about it. [Heath Ledger]

Quote: I take a lot of photos of people. [Heath Ledger]

Quote: We had a good sense of humor about it, because we knew what we were holding on to and how it was going to exceed expectations and [labels]. We weren't running around naked in chaps swinging pink guns in the air. We knew that, and we found it funny that no one else did. [Heath Ledger]

Quote: Aren't we at the stage these days when it just doesn't ... matter? It's a story of love and it's a story between two people. If people can't get over that and just accept it as a story, then that's their problem. I'm big enough and brave enough to do it. [Heath Ledger]

Quote: I'm still a kid. I'm like six years old. But it's just a matter of wanting to get up, it's just a big journey. I felt like when I left home that I was on a journey, and I still am. [Heath Ledger]

Quote: If you just be safe about the choices you make, you don't grow. [Heath Ledger]

Quote: It was pretty clear that this story hadn't been put to screen. It's not very often that you come across a story that hasn't been made. [Heath Ledger]

Quote: The movie's already exceeded any expectations I had. I think pleasing Annie Proulx, the writer, and getting her nod of approval was the biggest success for me, for us. [Heath Ledger]

Quote: [Banning it] is hilarious and very immature of a society. If two people are loving ... I think we should be more concerned if two people express anger in love, than love. [Heath Ledger]

Quote: We certainly weren't going out of our way to make a change in the world. We didn't make the film for any kind of political movement. We never expected to change people's minds; but if it does affect people's hearts, if perceptions can get altered, that's a good thing. [Heath Ledger]

Quote: Bronte is scaring me at the moment. I feel like the paparazzi are going to kick me out of that city. [Heath Ledger]

Quote: (We) met with a gentleman who had been a junkie or an addict for 25 years and interviewed him. [Heath Ledger]

Quote: Personally, I don't think the movie is (controversial), but I think maybe the Mormons in Utah do. I think it's hilarious and very immature of a society. [Heath Ledger]

Quote: I had a dear friend of mine, who's my uncle. He's a big guy. He goes to bare-knuckle fighting out in the Nevada desert, and he's gay. [Heath Ledger]

Quote: I still find it personally disappointing that people kind of go out of their way to voice their disgust or their opinions against the ways in which two people choose to love one another. I think that's really unfortunate. [Heath Ledger]

Quote: It was an opportunity to tell a story that hadn't been put on the screen. The character is so tragic. I really enjoyed how little words he had to express his battle and express his inability to love. [Heath Ledger]

Quote: We have some places picked out. [Heath Ledger]

Quote: It was one of about 60 television interviews I completed in that sitting and it sounds like you landed the dud. [Heath Ledger]

Quote: [When his lady friend Michelle Williams (of] Dawson's Creek ... spend at least a few months bonding. [Heath Ledger]

Quote: I flipped through his journals and then it was (history) out the window, ... We were making it into a romp. We wanted to have a clean slate and just have fun. [Heath Ledger]

Quote: Thousands of women were falling in love with him all the time. So when he finally finds a woman who isn't attracted to any of that, that's what really devastates him, and interests him [Heath Ledger]

Quote: It took a delicate man to tell this story, and that's you. [Heath Ledger]

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