Russell Crowe

And apparently he found a pen and he wrote onto Clapton's fridge, No, Eric, I shot the sheriff, Bob Marley.

LAUGHTER

I really dislike the way in Australia we have normalized it.

You know, they're doing a sports report on the news, the national news, and they'll tell you... The odds.

The odds.

Man, I just wouldn't be able to wake up with myself the next day.

I would feel so foolish.

Now you get the sting.

The thing is, with what we do in Australia, like the newspapers, like network news services, we allow betting ads.

It is so all-prevailing.

I had an experience probably a year or two ago, and I see my two boys are talking to a mate of theirs, and they've all got their phones out.

And I realized they were checking up on their bets.

So I had to have a big conversation with my boys and say, look, every single dollar that you have comes out of my pocket.

And if I give you a dollar, that's not a dollar to gamble with.

I had to have a very serious conversation with them about it.

I don't care if you think it's fun.

You've got to actually see it for what it is.

Because what's $5 or $10 now?

is easily going to turn into $400 or $500 in a minute, $1,000.

Sooner or later, you will allow yourself to think that this thing is beyond fun and it's a way for you to earn back your losses or whatever.