Nobody wakes up in the morning thinking, 'I'm a bad guy.' They think they're the right guy.

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

There's not a lot of direct back story but you do get to see them playing around each other a lot.

I love the chameleon nature of this business [acting]. I always have. Sometimes I'm not as recognizable as somebody else and I may not have gotten a role, but for me, acting is not a competition. I've just kept my head down and kept working, and had the great pleasure of working with some amazing people and playing some extraordinary and extreme characters.

Life itself is pretty funny when you realize how absurd it can be.

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.

History is written by victors and, occasionally, sensationalist journalists. I mean that with the best respect.