You just have to open the newspapers in most Western news to see real violence.

Humor is a very important thing. It is a natural predilection. It is an emotional release.

The pamphlets going back to London telling of the violent derring-dos of the Bahamian pirates were the ones that brought infamy to the names of Charles Vane and Blackbeard. How much of that is really documented history? It carries a flavor with it, but take all this with a pinch of salt.

The way Shakespeare wrote Fallstaff is with a heightened language and everything.

I didn't want people to go out wanting to go tool up against the bad guys (and at impressionable ages). I said, don't shy away from the violence or pull back on this, commit to this.

You just have to open the newspapers in most Western news to see real violence.

I don't give a damn if you like Blackbeard. I don't care if you think he is an absolute despot. Do you believe me? If you do, I've done my work.