Some Filmmakers Go Into A Film And

I Never Wanted To Be The Guy People Looked At. I Felt I Could Only Be Myself When I Was Alone, That I Turned Into Some Kind Of Novelty. The Only Way I Could Get Through That Time Was To Drink. I Poisoned Myself With Alcohol For Years But I've Never Been Into Drugs In The Way It Was Sometimes Made Out.

[the Huge Success Of Curse Of The Black Pearl] Made Perfect Sense To Me On The One Hand, And At The Same Time, It Made No Sense At All, Which I Kind Of Enjoyed. Even Now, With The Dolls And The Cereal Boxes And Snacks And Fruit Juices, It All Just Feels Fun To Me, In A Warholian Way. It's Absurd. It Doesn't Get More Absurd.

Better To Not Know Which Moment May Be Your Last. Every Morsel Of Your Entire Being Alive To The Infinite Mystery Of It All.

I Was Definitely Never A Crowd Pleaser.

The Quality Of Life Is So Different In France. There Is The Possibility Of Living A Simple Life. I Would Never Contemplate Raising My Daughter In La. I Would Never Raise Any Child There.