I'm Not 'blockbuster Boy.' I Never Wanted

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 Always Had An Affinity For Lizards. I've Always Felt Somewhat Close To Them. They're Reptiles. I Find Myself Feeling Somewhat Reptilian At Times.

I Guess I'm Attracted To These Off Beat Roles Because My Life Has Been A Bit Abnormal. The Only Thing I Have A Problem With Is Being Labeled.

I Literally Went From Being Unable To Play My Rent To Being On A Plane The Next Day, Being Paid Peanuts.

An Actor Needs To Be Not Remotely Anywhere Close To In Control, And A Filmmaker Has To Be Totally In Control.