Australian - Actor | July 6, 1951 -
They were saying, 'Keep this under your hat, but Jack Sparrow's going to die in the second movie.' I went, 'You're kidding me. The fans are going to go berserk.'
Geoffrey Rush
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I die in almost every film I've been in.
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There's four biggies. There was Elizabeth I, George III, Victoria, and the current queen, who really dominated four eras.
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But as my voice coach keeps saying, if we actually spoke the way they imagine the Elizabethan voice might have been, we wouldn't be able to understand it.
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You had to be into sport and, sad to say, I'm a traitor to my country because I don't have a sporting bone in my body.
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I always felt thrilled and amazed that I could put actor on my tax form.
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I guess I've been fortunate in having an ongoing film career while being based in Melbourne. I'm happy to commute. A day on a plane. Come on. It's easy.
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I asked, 'What is this guy?' They said, he's part-fish, part-bird, maybe a bit of lizard, and you don't have to go through five hours of makeup to play him. That was good enough for me.
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I like roles that are on the extreme ends of the spectrum, and there's special appeal in exploring these slightly forgotten plays that people might think of as subjects for academic term papers instead of live theater.
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I think that Ionesco's greatest weapon is that he's able to make us laugh at the darkest corners of our souls.
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Sometimes you do feel a script that glows in your hand the moment you start reading it. By page four of Shakespeare in Love, I said, 'I have to be in this movie.'
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My kids started school, so having a strong base in Melbourne has been a key priority. I'm not daunted by the travel. People say, 'It's so far to Australia,' and I say, 'You get on the plane, you eat well, you sleep, you wake up - and you're there.'
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