Top 60 Russell Crowe Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Perhaps it is good to have a beautiful mind, but an even greater gift is to discover a beautiful heart.”

— Russell Crowe

2. “People accuse me of being arrogant all the time. I’m not arrogant, I’m focused.”

— Russell Crowe

3. “Imagine what you will be, and it will be so.”

— Russell Crowe

4. “Sport for me is about inspiring kids. Here’s the rules, here’s the play area, sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. This is all about teaching kids how to approach life. If we’re not playing sport to benefit kids, I’m not really sure why we play sport.”

— Russell Crowe

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5. “The secret to riches is the same as the secret to comedy – timing.”

— Russell Crowe

6. “We can’t repay our good luck with bad grace. It invites darkness.”

— Russell Crowe

7. “The important thing to me is that I’m not driven by people’s praise and I’m not slowed down by people’s criticism. I’m just trying to work at the highest level I can.”

— Russell Crowe

8. “You need to learn to live with your mistakes. And you need to be in a position to say No once in a while. It’s important in life, and it’s important for any career that you want to pursue.”

— Russell Crowe

9. “God bless America. God save the Queen. God defend New Zealand and thank Christ for Australia.”

— Russell Crowe

10. “In tyranny lies only failure. Empower every man and you will gain strength.”

— Russell Crowe

11. “Are you not entertained?”

— Russell Crowe

12. “From an over-arching point-of-view, in war there is heroism on both sides. Obviously, the victor gets the spoils, the victor gets to write history, but there’s heroism and compassion on both sides, and to me that’s very important.”

— Russell Crowe

13. “Even bad men love their mamas.”

— Russell Crowe

14. “While I was trying to save money to go to the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Australia I ended up getting all of this experience which meant that by the time I had enough money in the bank to go to school I didn’t really need to go to school anymore.”

— Russell Crowe

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15. “When you’re heading into Anzac cove you are going into this battle situation staring into the sun. So, any movement in that water, any glint is going to be seen for miles away. Even in the first rays of dawn, there’s nowhere to hide.”

— Russell Crowe

16. “Reality is, I’m an actor and an entertainer, and I really wouldn’t know what to do with another profession.”

— Russell Crowe

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17. “If you actually read the Bible, you can see there’s a whole lot more information in there than the way we interpret the Bible. Because there are single lines in the Bible where if you just take them at face-value, they don’t make any sense whatsoever in the world we see, we know, and we understand.”

— Russell Crowe

18. “I love going shopping. I have a black belt in it.”

— Russell Crowe

19. “I like villains because there’s something so attractive about a committed person – they have a plan, an ideology, no matter how twisted. They’re motivated.”

— Russell Crowe

20. “There’s nothing like sitting back and talking to your cows.”

— Russell Crowe

21. “I hate having long hair. It’s like walking around with a dead koala on your back!”

— Russell Crowe

22. “There has to be a mathematical explanation for how bad that tie is.”

— Russell Crowe

23. “I don’t make demands. I don’t tell you how it should be. I’ll give you options, and it’s up to you to select or throw ’em away. That should be the headline: If you’re insecure, don’t call.”

— Russell Crowe

24. “My bottom line is that I think Ridley Scott is one of the greatest visual artists of our time and I feel very privileged that he wants to work with me, so I go with that flow.”

— Russell Crowe

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25. “Do I think Cate Blanchett is the most spectacular creature that ever walked the planet? Yes, I do.”

— Russell Crowe

26. “I want to make movies that pierce people’s hearts and touch them in some way, even if it’s just for the night while they’re in the cinema; in that moment, I want to bring actual tears to their eyes and goosebumps to their skin.”

— Russell Crowe

27. “Like everyone else, I’ve had moments when I’ve felt that I’ve been losing my grip.”

— Russell Crowe

28. “I have to believe I got some kind of say over our lives.”

— Russell Crowe

29. “I’m sick to death of famous people standing up and using their celebrity to promote a cause. If I see a particular need, I do try to help. But there’s a lot that can be achieved by putting a check in the right place and shutting up about it.”

— Russell Crowe

30. “If you live like it’s the past and you behave like it’s the past, then guys from the future find it very hard to see you.”

— Russell Crowe

31. “I have respect for beer.”

— Russell Crowe

32. “Some people have got advice, some people have got horror stories. I like people that look you in the eye with a glow and say “It’s gonna be cool.””

— Russell Crowe

33. “I’m destined to be attracted to those I cannot defeat.”

— Russell Crowe

34. “This is possibly the most shameful situation I’ve ever gotten myself in in my life, and I’ve done some pretty dumb things in my life. So to actually make a new No. 1 is spectacularly stupid.”

— Russell Crowe

35. “I’d move to Los Angeles if New Zealand and Australia were swallowed up by a tidal wave, if there was a bubonic plague in England and if the continent of Africa disappeared from some Martian attack.”

— Russell Crowe

36. “Meg Ryan is a beautiful and courageous woman. I grieve the loss of her companionship but I’ve not lost the friendship. We talk all the time and that was what our connection was about. She has a wonderful mind and we just like a chat.”

— Russell Crowe

37. “I read the bible often, not just to prepare for “Noah”. I believe it is a very important book.”

— Russell Crowe

38. “I am a man that has a lot of respect for faith and spirituality. I think it is important that we talk about religion in today’s world.”

— Russell Crowe

39. “Iceland is fascinating; really an amazing place to visit, and great for a film to go there.”

— Russell Crowe

40. “You don’t want to be starting a film not knowing what you want to do.”

— Russell Crowe

41. “You can’t understand it until you experience the simple joy of the first time your son points at a seagull and says ‘Duck!’”

— Russell Crowe

42. “Some of the things you read you get an immediate reaction to so I’ve stopped reading things now. I do worry about my family though. Some people do try some nasty things to get at them and try and get a reaction from them.”

— Russell Crowe

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43. “I really feel sorry for people who are, who divide their whole life up into ‘things that I like’ and ‘things that I must do.’ You’re only here for a short time, mate. Learn to like it.”

— Russell Crowe

44. “I never actually expected success, but it doesn’t surprise me when it comes because I know how much work I put into what I do.”

— Russell Crowe

45. “My children have never watched any of my films. Charlie knows that daddy makes movies, but he says they are not good enough for him to watch.”

— Russell Crowe

46. “Even though Noah is in the Koran as well. But we knew going into this project that you can’t make stories or render images about the Prophet. But I do believe people are missing out if they don’t have the choice to see this film.”

— Russell Crowe

47. “If I don’t get the goose-bump factor when I’m reading it than I can’t do it.”

— Russell Crowe

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48. “It’s such an intimate experience, being a director, artistically. It’s deep and it’s satisfying and it’s wonderful, on so many levels, but it’s also really scary.”

— Russell Crowe

49. “I have a new horse. I get her to come to me from half a mile away. With just a simple call. That’s because she knows that when she’s with me, she’s taken care of. She trusts me.”

— Russell Crowe

50. “If I’m creating the composition, it’s easier for me as an actor because I’ve just cut out the middle man. Because I’ve created the composition and now I’m in it, I already know exactly what I want to get out of it. So, bang!”

— Russell Crowe