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I always felt thrilled and amazed that I could put actor on my tax form. ↗

— Geoffrey Rush

#always #amazed #could #felt #form

I asked, 'What is this guy?' They said, he's part-fish, part-bird, maybe a bit of lizard, and you don't have to go through five hours of makeup to play him. That was good enough for me. ↗

— Geoffrey Rush

#bit #enough #five #go #good

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. Come on. It's easy. ↗

— Geoffrey Rush

#been #being #career #come #commute

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

#appeal #ends #exploring #extreme #forgotten

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

#attacks #bad #been #before #business

I was never a leading man. I've always been in the outer concentric circles in the company, being a character actor, which is a good place to be. It gives you that diversity. ↗

— Geoffrey Rush

#always #been #being #character #character actor

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. ↗

— Geoffrey Rush

#bad #bad breath #breath #days #give

It's their story, and I got to be the guy in the back while they were in the foreground. ↗

— Geoffrey Rush

#foreground #got #guy #i #story

My eye muscles hurt now when I read our MasterCard bill. ↗

— Geoffrey Rush

#eye #hurt #i #muscles #now

Writers have been in terrible situations and have yet managed to produce extraordinary work. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

#extraordinary #managed #produce #situations #terrible