“I was always trying to perform, but never with some dream to be on the stage. The stage was wherever I was standing at the time. I was lucky that the department of education in Sydney had a program where you could try out for these ensembles - kind of like extra-curricular sports, but for little drama kids. I got into that system, and it took me right through high school.” TryingKindDreamKidsSchoolSportsDramaLuckyHigh SchoolProgram Author:Jai Courtney
“And as you got older, the training became more developed and precise. We did plays, we had voice classes with great dialect coaches. But I was never into it on a school level; it was this kind of private little thing I did. At school I was a rugby guy. At school I was a rugby guy. I was causing trouble with my mates and skating and tagging buildings, and smoking bongs.” KindSchoolGuyTroubleBuildingTrainingCoachesSmokingLittle ThingsRugby Author:Jai Courtney
“If I had the chance to spend a day with Werner Herzog, I would want there to be a canoe involved. I want to be down in Patagonia or something, and kill some kind of wild beast and skin it and gut it and cook it. And then turn its fur into some kind of layer of warmth. And then trek through the hills.” KindChanceSkinsHillsBeastGutsWarmth Author:Jai Courtney
“I've always played sport. I played rugby, I was involved in athletics, I played cricket... I'm an outdoors kind of guy.” KindGuySportsInvolvedCricketAthleticsRugby Author:Jai Courtney