“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.” ThinkingChildrenHappensYoungParentSidesGroupsAdultsOur ChildrenYoung AdultYour ChildrenMentor Author:Geoffrey Rush
“If in the sex scene you happen to be naked in front of a lot of other people you've just got to put that aside, in the same way that you have to put that aside in a fully-clothed intense dialogue scene because you're entering into that particular imaginative state of play.” PeopleIfsWayStatesPlayHappensSexFrontsParticularSceneIntenseDialogueNakedEnteringImaginative Author:Geoffrey Rush
“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.” PeopleKnowsWayTwoEndsStatesPlayStoriesHappensTogetherCertainFatherLeftLevelsAliveCenturyKingsBuiltClassic Author:Geoffrey Rush