...his post-Pirates status as a bankable star
''We had been shooting [Charlie and the Chocolate Factory] for about a month, and I was beginning to get nervous because there weren't any phone calls. I called my agent and asked, Has no one called from the studio to complain or say, 'Hey, what's he doing?' or 'Hey, he's freaking us out'? And when she said no, I thought, 'Christ, I'm not doing enough! Something's wrong!''' (2005)

...putting his own spin on the character of Willy Wonka
''What I was really excited about was a long nose. I brought it up with [director Tim Burton] and he was like, 'Hang on, hang on. A prosthetic nose? Come on!''' (2005)