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. Geoffrey Rush Read Quote
Einstein was very attracted to Mozart. There’s a mathematical, classical structure to the music, and I think he identified with that very strongly. I think there also is a connection between being a genius and a polymath. Geoffrey Rush Read Quote
When people come to me and tell me I was terrific in this or that, I do not want to fall flat on my face the next time. But, tough, I have fallen flat before. You just get up and dust yourself off. Geoffrey Rush Read Quote
I live in Australia, and I am Australian, and because I grew up in an era where we didn’t have a film industry, and now we do, it’s just really exciting for me to be able to say that I work in my own culture in a medium that I find fascinating. Geoffrey Rush Read Quote
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 know why. I was pretty restless, I had been through a bad period of stress induced anxiety – panic attacks – and I was not sure of what I wanted to do. Geoffrey Rush Read Quote
I did not want to put myself on the line, as an Australian playing Britain’s greatest comic actor. The fans of Sellers are obsessive, possessive – and aggressive. I did not want to risk their anger – or my own reputation. Geoffrey Rush Read Quote
It’s their story, and I got to be the guy in the back while they were in the foreground. Geoffrey Rush Read Quote
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. Geoffrey Rush Read Quote
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. Geoffrey Rush Read Quote
