“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.” PeopleThinkingKnowsBehindsDoorsDramaFamily DramaSleepyBaltimoreClosed DoorsBehind Closed Doors Author:Geoffrey Rush
“Yeah, well, the F-bomb - it's become as ubiquitous as the word 'like.' People just throw the word 'like' around as punctuation. And I think in a lot of everyday speech, the F-bomb has become a kind of dash or a comma.” PeopleThinkingWellsKindSpeechYeahEverydayBombsPunctuation 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
“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!” PeopleWantPersonsFuneralFear Of DeathDeliveringEulogyCoffins Author:Geoffrey Rush
“People are intrigued and fascinated, almost obsessed with the private lives of great public personalities.” PeoplePersonalityObsessionObsessedFascinatedPrivate LifeIntrigued Author:Geoffrey Rush
“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.'” PeopleWellsHas BeensKidsSchoolStrongSleepKeysTravelWake UpPrioritiesPlanesAustraliaFunny TravelMelbourne Author:Geoffrey Rush
“When people come and tell me I was terrific in this or that, I do not want to fall flat on my face next time. But, tough, I have fallen flat before. You just get up and dust yourself off.” PeopleWantArtFacesMotivationFallNextToughGet UpDustFallenFlatsNext TimeTerrificDust Yourself Off Author:Geoffrey Rush
“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.” PeopleThinkingEndsPlayMightTermRolesSpecialSubjectsPaperTheaterForgottenExtremesAppealsAcademicExploringPapersSpectrumLive TheaterTerm Paper Author:Geoffrey Rush
“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.” PeopleThinkingBelieveFilmWonderfulLike YouCastsMonkeysPirateCaribbeanTantrumsTemper Tantrums Author:Geoffrey Rush
“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.” PeopleGivingMindTerribleSkinsBreathsMeetingsHorribleBad BreathOlden Days Author:Geoffrey Rush
“Within our culture, every school has a swimming pool. We lived on the coast. People swam in the surf. It's a very sporty nation and at that particular time anyone who had an artistic bent was very much an outsider. So if you liked reading or ideas or playing the piano then your dad viewed you as a sissy, basically.” PeopleIfsIdeasSchoolCultureReadingNationsParticularDadArtisticPianoSwimmingPoolOutsidersBentCoastSurfYour DadSwimming PoolSissy Author:Geoffrey Rush
