"Smoking's not good for you [handing a cigarette to a fan]...didn't you see that movie with the fat guy?" Onstage at Stubb's, August 2000
"I prefer engaging in life rather than observing it. Get involved! Get it all over you." Flaunt magazine, May 2000
"A little insanity is good for clarity, don't you think? You have to deal with what comes up. You have to think about things deeply...to learn to talk to your own heart. I do it all the time. If I can't...how the hell is someone else supposed to?" Flaunt magazine, May 2000
"I've done some pretty physical stuff but this [Gladiator] is unrelenting. I mean, we have that massive fight sequence at the beginning of the film, and that's followed by a series of massive fight sequences, building up to a massive fight sequence, so we can end on a fight sequence, which is what I would describe as massive." Star TV, Extreme Close-up, March 2000
"I'm very thankful to be living right at the moment. I'm an Academy Award-nominated actor for the rest of my career, no matter what shit I do from here." Press conference, March 2000
"It [Gladiator] was a grand collaboration. But all those films are like that. Any film where, as it's coming toward the end you go, 'Don't stop. Don't stop, man. Just go on...oh, Maximus! Get up you motherfucker!'" Press conference, March 2000
"Maybe the next stage after walking on the earth is the gift of flight. Ah, it's all bullshit. But it's something to think about isn't it?" Press conference, March 2000
"I look at my environment on a regular basis and remember where I was and say 'by the grace of God,' you know. I think you're very silly if you forget where you come from." Revolver magazine, December 1998
"Some people will say that as an actor they really respect me as an artist but they'll piss all over the band. I feel if you have any belief in me at all you must know whatever I do creatively will come from the same place. I have the same level of heart, soul and commitment in it so you should at least bend your ear to it before you condemn me for doing it." Interview with Mark Hughs, December 1998
SELECTED INTERVIEWS:
Molly Meldrum, Australian Channel 10 August 2000
Radio KGSR Austin August 2000
Flaunt magazine May 2000
Press conference March 2000
