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I'm not a pirate. I'm an innovator.

There's very little admirable about being a pirate. There's very little functional about a pirate. There's very little real about a pirate.

I don't really know much about pirates, or pirate culture. I'd be a contrarian pirate.

I have more respect for somebody who points at his ideal - in this case, the ideal of the pirate - and then becomes something that's more radical, more exciting, more subversive than a pirate could ever be.

Pirates have always fascinated me.

It's not everyday you get to do a pirate movie, you might as well go for it.

If you want to get my attention, wear a pirate outfit.

I have a baby that is 21 months old, and I watch Disney Junior with him. A lot of those shows are about pirates. Even the T-shirts and pajamas I buy for him have pirate themes like, 'Aye-aye, argh and mate.' But, I definitely grew up watching pirates.

I don't think that word - the word pirate - has any real meaning. Or it's something that's had meaning imposed on it.

I have three sons, and the oldest wants to play pirates all the time. It has all these associations of living some kind of very free life. It's interesting for me as a filmmaker to show a whole different side of that.