Quotes by Geoffrey Rush

Geoffrey Rush

Freedom is the kind of essence of being a pirate: You’re away from land-locked Europe. You’re not part of the society. You’re part of the brotherhood of the sea, Your ship is your sense of identity. So when you approach the wheel, that’s what you own.

Europe

Land

Sea

I always had a fantasy of being a chef, because I like kitchen life.

Chef

Fantasy

Kitchen

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.

Anger

Fans

Risk

I die in almost every film I’ve been in.

Dies

Film

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.

Careers

Film

Ongoing

I knew all about Edward VIII’s abdication, George VI becoming the king and having a stammer, but nothing about how he got rid of it.

Abdication

Becoming

Kings

I suddenly became aware over the last couple of years that I’m in my sixties. I never thought about it. I thought I’d better start acting my age or find roles that are going to be interesting to me in the sexagenarian repertoire, because it’s not what you do in your forties or fifties.

Couple

Interesting

Years

I was never a leading man. I’ve always been in the outer concentric circles in the company, being a character actor, which is a good place to be. It gives you that diversity.

Character

Circles

Men

More people have a fear of speaking than a fear of death. So at a funeral, most people would want to be the person in the coffin rather than the person delivering the eulogy!

Eulogy

Funeral

People

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.

Believe

People

Thinking

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Abdication

Anger

Appreciated

Art

Becoming

Believe

Body

Careers

Character

Chef

Children

Circles

Connections

Country

Couple

Dad

Dies

Ego

Eulogy

Europe

Facts

Fall

Fans

Fantasy

Film

Four

Funeral

Green

Hair

Hands

Hats

Interesting

Kings

Kitchen

Krypton

Land

Men

Motivation

Ongoing

Parent

People

Play

Reading

Risk

School

Scripts

Sea

Self

Sex

Sparrows

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Quotes by Geoffrey Rush

Geoffrey Rush

Freedom is the kind of essence of being a pirate: You’re away from land-locked Europe. You’re not part of the society. You’re part of the brotherhood of the sea, Your ship is your sense of identity. So when you approach the wheel, that’s what you own.

I always had a fantasy of being a chef, because I like kitchen life.

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.

I die in almost every film I’ve been in.

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.

I knew all about Edward VIII’s abdication, George VI becoming the king and having a stammer, but nothing about how he got rid of it.

I suddenly became aware over the last couple of years that I’m in my sixties. I never thought about it. I thought I’d better start acting my age or find roles that are going to be interesting to me in the sexagenarian repertoire, because it’s not what you do in your forties or fifties.

I was never a leading man. I’ve always been in the outer concentric circles in the company, being a character actor, which is a good place to be. It gives you that diversity.

More people have a fear of speaking than a fear of death. So at a funeral, most people would want to be the person in the coffin rather than the person delivering the eulogy!

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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