Honestly, every person, every individual has a process, and my philosophy, whether it's an actor or an animator, is you try to understand the process that person has so you can get the most out of them, but I think you have to sort of manipulate that process with honesty.
Gore VerbinskiEveryone always wants to find the answer, to feel that things are resolved. But in dreams, maybe there isn't an answer so much.
Gore VerbinskiReading in a sound booth seems very strange. Everyone has a process they are comfortable with; this was uncomfortable for me.
Gore VerbinskiMy agent called and said, 'How do you feel about a pirate movie? I mean, how often are you going to get that call? It's sort of the singularly most failed genre of our time, but I thought it had to be attempted one more time. I think there's something rebellious about pirates, something revolutionary about them. They came out of a time when things were oppressive; you could get hung for stealing a loaf of bread. For me, the Pirates films are about when it's right to break the rules to achieve what you want.
Gore Verbinski