Geoffrey Rush Quotes

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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…
• 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.…
• I always felt thrilled and amazed that I could put actor on my tax form.
• But as my voice coach keeps saying, if we actually spoke the way they imagine the Elizabethan voice might have been, we wouldn't be able…
• I didn't know the Green Lantern comics at all. I was a Superman reader.
• 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.…
• 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 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…
• I often thought I was in the wrong business. I was pretty seriously thinking of tossing it in before I shot Shine. I do not…
• I would always slip away to the cinema. I always found something absolutely extraordinary about the fact that these actors were always kind of kicking…
• 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…
• For certain, you have to be lost to find a place that can’t be found.
• Nobody ever said that growing old would be easy. Just having to hold the newspaper out in your forties and then hair growing out of…
• 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…
• You had to be into sport and, sad to say, I'm a traitor to my country because I don't have a sporting bone in my…
• I think that Ionesco's greatest weapon is that he's able to make us laugh at the darkest corners of our souls.
• 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…
• 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…
• I die in almost every film I've been in.
• 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.…

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