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Geoffrey Rush
July 6, 1951 -
Nationality: Australian
Category: Actor
Subcategory: Australian Actor

I often thought I was in the wrong business. I was pretty seriously thinking of tossing it in before I shot Shine. I do not know why. I was pretty restless, I had been through a bad period of stress induced anxiety - panic attacks - and I was not sure of what I wanted to do.

   

I always had a fantasy of being a chef, because I like kitchen life.

   

This is what happens when you are on the wrong side of 40. Young adults, who could be your children, are now working with you. I was playing their parents or mentor. I started to think: Oh, I am not part of that group any more.

   

It's their story, and I got to be the guy in the back while they were in the foreground.

   

Yes, anally retentive men are my forte!

   

I did not want to put myself on the line, as an Australian playing Britain's greatest comic actor. The fans of Sellers are obsessive, possessive - and aggressive. I did not want to risk their anger - or my own reputation.

   

People are intrigued and fascinated, almost obsessed with the private lives of great public personalities.

   

When people come to me and tell me I was terrific in this or that, I do not want to fall flat on my face the next time. But, tough, I have fallen flat before. You just get up and dust yourself off.

   

My eye muscles hurt now when I read our MasterCard bill.

   

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