Died Today (January 22nd): Heath Ledger (1979–2008)

Heath Ledger (1979–2008)

Born: April 4, 1979 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Died: January 22, 2008 (age 28) in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

I like to do something I fear. I like to set up obstacles and defeat them. I like to be afraid of the project. I always am. When I get cast in something, I always believe I shouldn’t have been cast. I fooled them again. I can’t do it. I don’t know how to do it. There’s a huge amount of anxiety that drowns out any excitement I have toward the project.

No amount of money changes what I do between ‘action’ and ‘cut’. Before I got into the industry, I never imagined I’d have anywhere near the money I have now. I don’t need any more. It’s not that I don’t want the money, it’s just that I would have been really happy…