I'm a big fan of pirates in general.
Blackbeard was larger than life. He was 6'4" in 1710. He was a colossus, and like a rock star walking into a bar. He was a tremendous commander, a great leader.
Yes, I am a pirate two hundred years too late.
I don't give a damn if you like Blackbeard. I don't care if you think he is an absolute despot. Do you believe me? If you do, I've done my work.
Captain Hook's mother, who said to Little Hook, For God sakes, don't scratch it! Never got a dinner!
Dead men tell no tales.
Dead men tell no tales, Mary.
Yes, I am a pirate, two hundred years to late. Cannons don't thunder, there's nothing to plunder, I'm an over forty victim of fate.
I am especially fascinated with mermaids, and they are always coming out in pirate stories.
[Pirates] are a victim of their own success. People have identified with pirates in a comic and caricature sense.
Fifteen men on the Dead Man's Chest Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum! Drink and the devil had done for the rest Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!
