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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.

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.

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.

People Tend To Think Of Brisbane As A Sleepy, Sub-topical Place. I Don't Know. It's Like Baltimore Or Something. I Don't Know. You Would Hear The Family Dramas Going On Behind Closed Doors.

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