'The greatest love of my life? Oh please. This is not a therapy session'
Geoffrey Rush, 62, was born in Australia. After completing an English degree at the University of Queensland, he went to Paris to study acting at the Jacques Lecoq school, before returning to Australia to work in theatre. His role in the 1996 film Shine won him worldwide recognition, and he became the first Australian-born actor to win an Oscar; he has since had Academy Award nominations for his performances in Shakespeare In Love, Quills and The King's Speech, for which he won a Bafta. His latest film is The Book Thief. He is married with two children and lives in Melbourne.
When were you happiest?
During my Queensland childhood, on the days when I avoided the chlorine-infused shower gauntlet and being corralled into the deep end of the school pool.
What is your greatest fear?
Being alone in a room with a tiger: a recurring dream, never reality, fortunately.
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
Yielding to the wrong sort of melancholia.
Property aside, what's the most expensive thing you've bought?
A painting of the late actor Bille Brown by Australian artist Ben Quilty, to commemorate decades of fraternal and professional bonds.
What is your most treasured possession?
Two signed Chuck Jones Warner Bros celluloids of Bugs and Daffy.
What would your super power be?
Oh, flying! Another recurring dream.
What do you most dislike about your appearance?
Inherited, slightly bulbous Teutonic nose and bony bumps on my shoulders that look as if I was pegged out to dry.
If you could bring something extinct back to life, what would you choose?
Music hall comedian Dan Leno – he spun hilarious gold out of life's most banal contradictions.
Who would play you in the film of your life?
Anyone who could capture the most romantic cliches of the biopic – with substandard prosthetics.
What is your most unappealing habit?
Selective hearing.
What is your favourite word?
I have synaesthesia, where language sparks with colours and shape. "Pom-pom", off the top of my head.
Is it better to give or to receive?
"The love you take is equal to the love you make" – Lennon/McCartney.
What do you owe your parents?
My mum beautifully embraced and encouraged the unpredictability of my wayward career.
What or who is the greatest love of your life?
Oh, please. This is not a therapy session.
What was the best kiss of your life?
Early teens, spin-the-bottle, the girl you hoped for.
If you could go back in time, where would you go?
Elizabethan London (with a surgical mask, antibiotics and bottled water).
When did you last cry, and why?
When Adèle walked down the road at the end of the film Blue Is The Warmest Colour.
What is the closest you've ever come to death?
A panic attack on stage during The Importance Of Being Earnest. Well, it felt like death.
What single thing would improve the quality of your life?
Absence of lower back pain.
What keeps you awake at night?
My own snoring.
Source: http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/mar/01/geoffrey-rush-interview
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