Eric Bana Quotes

Mom was a housewife; Dad was an accountant. They taught me a lot about the value of working hard.

I think it's easiest to teach by example. My dad didn't tell us to work hard; we just saw how hard he worked. I know I have shortcomings - like a short fuse - but I've learned you can't come home from a long day of work and snap at the kids.

As for pressure, there's always the desire to give my best to every film. After all, so many people put in so much of hard work.

I want my kids to understand that hard work is essential and that I wouldn't have them do anything that I wouldn't do with them.

You have to work hard if you want something, and my parents instilled that into me when I was really young.

With my dad, when I was growing up I saw the amount of work that he put in.

I was raised to believe in hard work, in faith and family. ... The most important job I'll ever have is spelled D-A-D.

I prefer to think of film making - you know, um, the sweat is supposed to be invisible. But a lot of sweat can go into making a film. But of course, if you enjoy doing it, you enjoy doing it.

I'm a good dad and a fair husband, and I work quite a bit.

Always be prepared; always work hard and take pride in your work no matter what it is. I still follow that advice and have already tried to pass it on to my children. They, of course, ignored me.

Mom always got me to school and the driving range while Dad was working. She also kept me quiet and humble. Both of them taught me to let my golf do the talking.

My dad is like a cactus - introverted and tough. I'm a people person, like my mom, but I got my competitiveness from my dad. He came to this country from Belarus with nothing and built a real business. He's my hero for giving me that need to run a business and for having enormous confidence in me.

When you grow up on a dairy farm, cows don't take a day off. So you work every day and my dad always said, 'No one can outwork you.'

My dad has always been really helpful. He taught me that talent is a bonus, but persistence is what wins out.

My dad never missed a day of work, and he was always smiling when he came home.

The message I really want to get out there is that I'm someone who works hard, gets the most out of his talent, off the course has a great family life.

I never met a person as determined as my mother. From working hard for six kids to just trying to keep the household down or maintain my father's discipline, my dad, I'm so much like my father too. My father was so introverted, quiet, shy, nice. I got attributes from my father and mother.

My dad lived by example. I lived by watching him. I watched all the great things he did and said. I try to walk that talk for my children.

Everything I've done in my career is a result of growing up in rural Oklahoma, because if I hadn't had the training from Mama and Daddy to work hard, to do what I'm told, to take directions, to mind and to do a good job at anything I set out to do, then I wouldn't be where I am today.

I watched my parents. My dad worked nights, and I was aware of how much he was doing for us. My mom was a Tupperware lady and also worked at the school. I always felt that I couldn't let them down. And I had a natural discipline from early on. I was always training for something.

But I don't just see the movie when I see the movie, I see all the great people who worked on it and all their hard work, because they could not have worked any harder.

Southern people are raised with a work ethic. My son is 5 years old and does chores. My mom was a dance teacher, and the training and discipline it takes to be a dancer I've carried with me in Hollywood.

Nobody ever worked as hard as my father. My father averaged maybe four hours of sleep at night, and when you're a kid, you don't realize that.

My dad was a workaholic. I saw him work seven days a week.

My father was a veteran and my mother a schoolteacher. They taught me the value of a good job and an honest day's work.