...Disney's initial resistance to his offbeat portrayal of Capt. Jack Sparrow
''It was just fuel to go further. Not because I wanted to piss Disney off, but because I believed it was the right thing to do. Finally, I said, 'Look, you hired me to do the gig. If you can't trust me, you can fire me. But I can't change it.' It was a hard thing to say, but f--- it.'' (2006)