Geoffrey Rush Links
		IMDb Geoffrey Rush page
		Watch Geoffrey Rush on the Charlie Rose Show (1996)
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		Origin of the slouch hat
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		From Bunny to Brow: Making Fur Felt Hats
		Australian Links
		The Age Melbourne newspaper
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Page created December 3, 2004 by Esther Trosow. Last updated May 21, 2007.

A year later he was co-starring in "Pirates of the Caribbean" and had second thoughts. "I just felt a little cockier and a little braver because I was working on that with a very big hat on and a feather and a monkey on my shoulders ... And I thought, 'This is the character actor's dream script. Someone's going to play it.' And I couldn't think who it would go to. So I thought, 'Give it your best shot and be prepared to fall very badly flat on your face if that happens. And have a ball.' "