Heath Ledger talks about his transition from Hollywood bad boy to fatherhood in an article in The Herald Sun.
From the article:
It appears fatherhood has softened the actor, who said he was trying hard to bite his tongue and keep his anger with photographers at bay.
"I'm trying to get by back here and live a nice polite life with my family," he said of his new daughter Matilda and his actor girlfriend Michelle Williams. "I'm learning to deal with it a bit better, I think I am," he said.
Throwing eggs at photographers, hurling abuse, and his old favourite -- the middle-finger salute -- were about to become things of the past.
"That's been my problem," he said.
"It's not necessarily a tantrum thing but it's a really bad way in which I've handled myself in the past.
"I can admit it's a little out of line to pull the finger out and I'm trying not to do that any more. I'm trying to bite my finger these days."
The international spotlight is now on Ledger and while the prospect of being nominated for an Academy Award looms, he said his new family meant more to him than any award ever could.
"It's funny when you have a beautiful new child and your life takes on such a different meaning. Those sort of things don't matter so much," he said.
Ledger has already picked up the two precursors to an Oscar nomination, a Golden Globe nomination and Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Brokeback Mountain.
"Yeah, it's good. But I'm really happy for Michelle, actually," he said.
The former Dawson's Creek actress was also nominated for a SAG for her role in the same movie, catapulting the pair on to the brink of becoming Hollywood's hottest pair.
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