Heath Ledger
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"Heath Andrew Ledger" was an Australian actor and director. After performing roles in Australian television and film during the 1990s, Ledger left for the United States in 1998 to develop his film career. His work comprised nineteen films, including 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), The Patriot (2000 film)/The Patriot (2000), A Knight's Tale (2001), Monster's Ball (2001), Ned Kelly (2003 film)/Ned Kelly (2003), The Brothers Grimm (film)/The Brothers Grimm (2005), Lords of Dogtown (2005), Brokeback Mountain (2005), Casanova (2005 film)/Casanova (2005), Candy (2006 film)/Candy (2006), I'm Not There (2007), The Dark Knight (film)/The Dark Knight (2008), and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009). He also produced and directed music videos and aspired to be a film director.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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I take a lot of photos of people.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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If you just be safe about the choices you make, you don't grow.

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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.

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