Kids Accept A Lot More, And They

When You Take On The Idea Of Playing Someone Like Jimmy Bulger, It's A Radically Different Process Because You're Going Into Make-up. The Only Way You Can Do It Is To Come Out Of Make-up Looking Like The Guy. If You Don't Look Like The Guy, It's Going To Bug You, All Day.

I'm Shy, Paranoid, Whatever Word You Want To Use. I Hate Fame. I've Done Everything I Can To Avoid It.

I Had Never Experienced Anything Like The Response I Got From People For Pirates Of The Caribbean, Where You Meet A 75-year-old Woman Who Had Seen Pirates And Somehow Related To The Character, And Then Five Minutes Later You Meet A Six-year-old Who Says, 'oh, You're Captain Jack!' What A Rush. What A Gift. That Was The Challenge With Wonka, Too--to Be, In A Sense, Like Bugs Bunny. I Find It Magical That A Three-year-old Can Be Mesmerized By Bugs, But So Can A 40-year-old Or An 80-year-old. It's A Great Challenge To See If You Can Appeal To That Huge An Age Range.

You Can Go Out And Try To Do The Best Work That You Can Do Within The Context Of What That Is, But It's Really Gotta Be About The Work And What You're Focusing On.

I Think, For Me As An Actor, If You Get To A Place Where You're Satisfied, You're Happy With It, Then You're Dead. It's Over. You're Not Hungry Anymore. You Won't Try Things Anymore.