Here I was going to work with Pacino thinking, "I'm not going to get lucky twice. There's no way. This guy is going to hand me my ass." He looks like the kind of guy who's going to hand you your ass. It's Al Pacino.

America is dumb, it's like a dumb puppy that has big teeth that can bite and hurt you, aggressive.

Thats what a ship is, you know. Its not a keel and a hull and a deck and sails. Thats what a ship needs. But what a ship is. What the Black Pearl really is . . . is freedom.

Do what you really want to do. Don't play their game! Don't do what they want. Find your own way.

I can't stand not being able to joke around on set, so I have to.

If there is any message to my work, it is ultimately that it's ok to be different.

I've always enjoyed hiding behind these characters. It's a strange thing, you're more comfortable as a character than you are in life. I could stand up in front of, it doesn't matter how many people, as a character. But if I had to do it as myself and give a speech, I would be liquid.