I Am Heath Ledger Page #2

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level of masculinity,

and he had all of those things

in spades.

There was a bunch of kids

staying in a hotel.

Everyone had their own suites,

and he brought everyone

together,

so by the time I got there,

the parties were in his room.

10 Things

was when he really felt

that, "Okay, this is my career.

I'm an actor now."

By then,

he had his agent, Steve.

He knew the industry,

but he didn't really

know the industry.

He'd only been in it

for 18 months.

It was

pretty early in my career.

You know, he was

one of my early clients.

He was looking for people

that he could trust.

Home to sleep.

It was just obvious.

He just had

this great swagger about him.

So how long have

you been acting?

About...

20 years.

How old are you?

You could tell we were going

to be on to something.

So one of the things

that happens

is when you're good

at something in a movie,

everyone offers you

that same thing.

So he did a great job

being in a teen romantic

comedy, basically,

and so anything that, you know,

sort of resembled

10 Things I Hate About You

came his way,

and, of course, that's exactly

what he didn't want to do next.

He wanted to mix it up

and find a new challenge.

That moment

was a very important next step.

"Okay, what do we want

to do next?

What do we really want to do

if we have a choice?"

People in Hollywood,

they don't like to hear "no,"

you know...

and so I had a lot of fun

saying "no."

He was always very friendly.

He never seemed

out of sorts about it,

but he knew what he didn't want.

He was always very appreciative

of coming to a house

full of art and artists.

I am filming

right now.

He got this camera,

and he didn't know what to do

other than to make something.

It wasn't just to film us

and film what we were doing.

He was, like, creating

something straight away.

He always used to say to me,

"Don't forget your camera,"

and I was like, "What am I going

to film between here and there?"

and he was like, "I don't care.

You could film your feet."

But we'd watch

a lot of our videos back.

He was just... curious,

and watching it, and, like,

thinking how

he could do things different.

That's how he learned.

He never studied...

anything, really.

He was self-taught.

He could really see

what he was doing

and how to do that better

or different...

Hmm.

Even if it

was the way he smiled

or where he was looking,

he'd make a lot of things

just for himself,

just to teach himself.

That's right...

And evil

super-villains.

Evil super-villains.

... civilian men and women...

Who?

Got it, boss.

Let's go!

Okay, I've got my mission.

We're at the peephole.

You never know

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