My agent called and said, 'How do you feel about a pirate movie? I mean, how often are you going to get that call? It's sort of the singularly most failed genre of our time, but I thought it had to be attempted one more time. I think there's something rebellious about pirates, something revolutionary about them. They came out of a time when things were oppressive; you could get hung for stealing a loaf of bread. For me, the Pirates films are about when it's right to break the rules to achieve what you want.
I want to diagnose the audience a bit and then offer a cure. - Gore Verbinski
I want to diagnose the audience a bit and then offer a cure.
- Gore Verbinski
What makes me smile is a movie where I feel like it is dangerous, or there's that fresh idea there. It's about learning and growing and trying new th… - Gore Verbinski
What makes me smile is a movie where I feel like it is dangerous, or there's that fresh idea there. It's about learning and growing and trying new th…
All the traditional westerns are about choice and the individual. When progress comes it's much more difficult to define the individual in that world. - Gore Verbinski
All the traditional westerns are about choice and the individual. When progress comes it's much more difficult to define the individual in that world.
Everyone always wants to find the answer, to feel that things are resolved. But in dreams, maybe there isn't an answer so much. - Gore Verbinski
Everyone always wants to find the answer, to feel that things are resolved. But in dreams, maybe there isn't an answer so much.
It's always good to keep people guessing. - Gore Verbinski
It's always good to keep people guessing.
I find it ironic that fear is eliminating the possibility to tell stories that depict our ability to overcome fear - Gore Verbinski
I find it ironic that fear is eliminating the possibility to tell stories that depict our ability to overcome fear
I think when you get people who are really talented and you take them out of their comfort zone, you get a lot more out of them. - Gore Verbinski
I think when you get people who are really talented and you take them out of their comfort zone, you get a lot more out of them.
There's so much work in making movies, it's so easy to tear one down. When I watch a movie, even one that I don't particularly enjoy, I'm constantly … - Gore Verbinski
There's so much work in making movies, it's so easy to tear one down. When I watch a movie, even one that I don't particularly enjoy, I'm constantly …
I just watched so many Westerns as a kid that you end up using archetypes and sort of tropes of that genre, because there's a language there and you … - Gore Verbinski
I just watched so many Westerns as a kid that you end up using archetypes and sort of tropes of that genre, because there's a language there and you …
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