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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.

My Beef Was With Essentially Being A Product. I Didn't Want To Be A Product, So I Tried To Get Fired, But They Didn't Fire Me, Which Was Weird.

How Many Chances To You Get To Make A Musical About A Serial Killer? The Minute Tim Burton Approached Me, I Was In.

I Try To Stay In A Constant State Of Confusion Just Because Of The Expression It Leaves On My Face.

For The Actor, The Lee Strasberg Notes Are An Indispensable Companion.