Geoffrey Rush Quotes - Page 2

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• Someone told me that there's a connection to Superman, that in an early edition of the Green Lantern comics, Tomar Re was the envoy to Krypton. That was fascinating to me.

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  Krypton, Connections, Green

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• I went to England in the '70s, and I was in my early 20s. There was still a residue of that era of being an underclass or colonial. I assume it must have been a more aggressive and prominent attitude 40 years before that, because Australia internationally wasn't regarded as having much cultural value. We were a country full of sheep and convicts.

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  Country, Attitude, Australia

  "Geoffrey Rush To The Rescue". Interview with Gillian Mohney, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 22, 2010.

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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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  Thinking, Play, Term Paper

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• This is what happens when you are on the wrong side of 40. Young adults, who could be your children, are now working with you. I was playing their parents or mentor. I started to think: Oh, I am not part of that group any more.

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  Children, Thinking, Parent

  "The Life and Death of Peter Sellers - Geoffrey Rush" by James Ashwood, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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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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  Careers, Ongoing, Film

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• That's one of those questions where somebody says "would you like to see more women behind the camera?" And then it becomes I must have interrupted the interview to make a platform stance. But, no, I do believe it. In Australia, per capita, we've got a slightly more balanced and healthier statistic than here. I've only just started working more regularly with female ADs and its just a beautiful, different energy on set.

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  Beautiful, Believe, Australia

  "Toronto Q&A: Geoffrey Rush Dishes on ‘Pirates 5’ and Karaoke Battles". Interview with Brent Lang, variety.com. September 15, 2015.

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• 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.'

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  Fans, Sparrows, Hats

  "Capt. Barbossa’s back: An interview with Geoffrey Rush". Associated Press Interview, www.ocregister.com. May 23, 2007.

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• 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.

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  Running, Sea, Want

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• 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.

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  Sex, Self, Play

  Source: collider.com

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• 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.

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  Writing, Laughing, Trying

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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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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  Queens, Biggie, Eras

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• 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.

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  Anger, Risk, Fans

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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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  Travel, Strong, School

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• 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.

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  People, Giving, Mind

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• 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.

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  Sound, Use, Certain

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• What I appreciated was the fact that the script delved into how Australians were - and still are - condescended to by the English.

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  Scripts, Facts, Appreciated

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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.

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  Believe, Thinking, People

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