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.

I'm all for whatever it takes to get wherever you need to get with a character, as long as you don't wipe it on me.

If you fall in love with 2 people at once choose the second one because if you truly loved the first one you never would have fell in love with the second one

Now, bring me that horizon.

I just happen to be a sucker for humor. So anywhere I can sneak in something that I find potentially interesting or funny I do it as much as I can get away with.

I'd rather fight a buzzsaw than dance.

The weirdest thing in the world is to see some guy who is just super earnest.