SURVIVING a Dark Night of the Soul? Make Sure You WATCH This! | Guy Pearce
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Published 2023-05-22
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Guy Edward Pearce was born 5 October, 1967 in Cambridge shire, England, UK to Margaret Anne and Stuart Graham Pearce. His father was born in Auckland, New Zealand, to English and Scottish parents, while Guy's mother is English. Pearce and his family initially traveled to Australia for two years, after his father was offered the position of Chief test pilot for the Australian Government. Guy was just 3-years-old. After deciding to stay in Australia and settling in the Victorian city of Geelong, Guy's father was killed 5 years later in an aircraft test flight, leaving Guy's mother, a schoolteacher, to care for him and his older sister, Tracy.
Having little interest in subjects at school like math or science, Guy favored art, drama and music. He joined local theatre groups at a young age and appeared in such productions as "The King and I", "Fiddler on the Roof" and "The Wizard of Oz". In 1985, just two days after his final high school exam, Guy started a four-year stint as "Mike Young" on the popular Aussie soap Neighbours (1985). At age 20, Guy appeared in his first film, Heaven Tonight (1990), then, after a string of appearances in film, television and on the stage, he won the role of an outrageous drag queen in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994).
Most recently, he has amazed film critics and audiences, alike, with his magnificent performances in L.A. Confidential (1997), Memento (2000), The Proposition (2005), Factory Girl (2006), The Hurt Locker (2008), The King's Speech (2010) and the HBO mini-series, Mildred Pierce (2011). Next to acting, Guy has had a life-long passion for music and songwriting.
Guy likes to keep his private life very private. He lives in Melbourne, Australia, which is also where he married his childhood sweetheart, Kate Mestitz in March 1997.
His latest film, The Infernal Machine, is a psychological thriller feature film written and directed by Andrew Hunt.
Bruce Cogburn, a reclusive and controversial author of the famed book "The Infernal Machine," is drawn out of hiding when he begins to receive endless letters from an obsessive fan. What ensues is a dangerous labyrinth as Bruce searches for the person behind the cryptic messages, forcing him to confront his past and ultimately reveal the truth behind the book.
Please enjoy my conversation with Guy Pearce.
Timecodes:
0:00 - Episode Teaser
1:46 - Being Fearless Acting Pricilla
4:38 - Break the Shackles
7:34 - Handling the no's and rejections in Hollywood
13:17 - Being part of a group vs. being on your own
16:23 - Working with Chris Nolas
23:01 - Advice to younger Guy
26:00 - Guy's Breakdown
32:06 - How to handle anxiety?
35:21 - The mental process of acting
38:43 - Advice to filmmaker or actor trying to break into the business today?
39:26 - Lesson that took the longest to learn whether in the film business or in life?
40:07 - Lesson learned from biggest failure?
41:22 - 3 favorite films of all time
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All Comments (21)
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Alex, do you ever rest? 😂 You're putting out more content than I can keep up with. Your work ethic is pristine af. 😌👏👏👏
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After 25 years of hardcore drug addiction I had a dark night of the soul. I'm a completely different person and I'll never go back to drugs. It's the best thing that ever happened
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My dark night of the soul started when I was five and still I’m going through it. Such a hard journey! Can’t wait to go home.
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Went trough it. Life was uninteresting to me, didn't even want to cook anymore... Terrible time. I started watching people who had NDEs, still didn't help. Then I listened to that famous guru, helped a little. Then listened to manifestation audiobooks and had an OBE. That was it, God healed me right away and I came back happy and ready to move on.
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Amazing… I grew up loving Guy Pearce not knowing why exactly but today I found out why…what a hero, what an actor! Thank you Alex!😘
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Going through a really long rough Dark Night of the Soul and I love how the universe just syncs up like a first generation iPod and downloads every little synchronicity and sign we need to keep moving forward <3
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I love Guy Pearce. Been a fan for years. Thank you, Alex🙏🏼
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Guy!! He was on my wall as a teenager in the 80s. My dark night 20 years and ongoing.
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Guy is such an incredible, chameleon of an actor. And another incredible film where I noticed his acting abilities early on was Momento.
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Love Guy Pearce.. and now I think I love him even more seeing the man he is! ❤🙏
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I love Guy Pearce! Such a gentle, intelligent soul. His Ebenezer Scrooge is now my all-time favourite: a human, real adaptation with so many questions answered. An actor with real depth. 👏🏻
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Wow, this was a real nice surprise to have Guy Pierce as a guest here! He's same age as me so honest and down to earth l. I used to watch him on neighbours as Mike!
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Several years ago I was working in the desert near Alice Springs , when I came across the “ shoe” standing at the intersection of roads . I loved the movie ❤
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Guy Pearce was the best Ebenezer Scrooge ever. My favorite version of The Christmas Carol.
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This was amazing
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Loving all your interviews Alex. I especially loved this one with Guy Pearce, a fellow Aussie. It’s so intriguing to hear from others about their dark night of the soul, especially people who are well known. My dark night of the soul started around the year 2000. I also suffered from anxiety/depression. I was around 37 years old with three children. That began my spiritual awakening. What a ride!
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Such a lovely humble man, being from the UK remember him from the 80’s loved memento also
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Guy is part of my tribe! This confirmes it. I, myself, have siblings with disabilities and have been totally drawn to the arts and wondered why I was so drawn to him! Thanks for this!!
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I have always adored Guy Pearce and will watch anything he is in because he is a magical actor! I feel a bit star struck just watching this!
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Thankyou for having one of my most favourite actors on, he is as lovely as I knew he would be and this interview was an absaloute delight for me.
