Hollywood, France and high school
	How has your relationship with Hollywood changed? The five years that I’ve been living in France and in the States to some degree a little bit, because I’m not a resident of France, has done wonders for my relationship with Hollywood. And also having kids, I’m so removed from it that I don’t know anything. I mean, I don't know who anybody is. I don't know who’s famous. I don't know who’s not famous. I don't know who’s rich, who’s poor, who’s successful, who’s a drag. I don't know anybody. I don't know what made money and what didn’t make money. And it’s great. So, I come in just completely ignorant of all of it and it feels really good. Because then, I don’t have to think about anything but my work and I don’t have to worry about what anybody else is doing or anything. I just think about my work. How does it feel to be a high school dropout who’s done well? Isn’t that something? Well, I can only say it worked for me. It’s not for everybody. I wouldn’t recommend it to most kids, but the situation that I was in, it was inevitable. I had to leave. School’s a weird thing. I’m not sure it works. It’s debatable, but I think that the way school is now, I’m not sure teachers- - certainly there are some who are very, very good but there’s a lot of teachers who I don’t think care about teaching. Therefore, it’s not inspirational for kids to learn when they’ve got a teacher who basically is just taking a paycheck. And there’s also you’ve got to deal with some kind of weird cop syndrome and the abuse of authority and all that stuff. I just couldn’t take it anymore. What’s the greatest piece of advice you’ve ever received? Don’t ever take any sh*t off anybody. It think that’s probably the best advice I’ve ever gotten. Who told you that? My mom. Are you up for a Pirates sequel? Yeah. The amount of fun that I had on this film was criminal really. There were moments where the director and I would sort of look at each other and just go, “Can you actually believe that we get to do this and we’re getting paid for this? Like this is our job.” Yeah, if there was a sequel- - in a perfect world, it’s Ted Elliot and Terry Rossio writing it, it’s Gore Verbinski directing it, I’d be there in a second.
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