List of Geoffrey Rush Quotes

Most Films I've Worked On Have Had Large Casts, But They've Been Wonderful People. I Think The Monkey In Pirates Of The Caribbean Is The Most Temperamental Costar I've Had. It Would Throw Tantrums Like You Wouldn't Believe.

I Do Love Perusing The Dictionary To Find How Many Words I Don't Use - Words That Have Specific, Sharp, Focused Meaning. I Also Love The Sound Of Certain Words. I Love The Sound Of The Word Pom-pom.

I Wouldn't Mind Meeting Some Of The People I've Attempted To Portray From The Olden, Olden Days. They Probably Would All Have Really Terrible Skin And Horrible Bad Breath, And I'd Have To Give Them An Altoid.

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.'

Like Any Classic You Hope To Get Rid Of All The Varnish That's Built Up Over The Centuries Where People Expect It To Be In A Certain Way. It's A Mighty Play. It's About A Very Old King Who Also Happens To Be A Very Old Father, So You've Got The State And The Domestic Levels In There Together. It's A Story In Extremis. Everyone Knows The End, There's Only Two People Left Alive.

I Did Not Want To Put Myself On The Line, As An Australian Playing Britains Greatest Comic Actor. The Fans Of Sellers Are Obsessive, Possessive - And Aggressive. I Did Not Want To Risk Their Anger - Or My Own Reputation.

There's Four Biggies. There Was Elizabeth I, George Iii, Victoria, And The Current Queen, Who Really Dominated Four Eras.

I've Discovered I Prefer To Prepare A Few Notes Or Actually Write The Speech So I Can Really Hone It Down To Hopefully Be Entertaining, Try And Get A Laugh At Least By The Second Line, And Then Say What You Need To Say.

What I Appreciated Was The Fact That The Script Delved Into How Australians Were - And Still Are - Condescended To By The English.

There's Often Rarely Any Dialogue In A Sex Scene. With Your Fellow Actor, It's Good To Talk About What The Unspoken Dialogue Is, That's Happening In The Scene. You've Got To Play Something Rather Than Feel Self-conscious Or Exposed.

When You Are Playing An Egomaniac Running A Fantastical Ship, You Don't Want Him To Be Too Suburban. Naturalism Doesn't Work On The High Seas.

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.'