I'd always had a big thing for the '60s.

The guys on the stunt team are really fantastic. It's really funny, because for all the aggression they have to display on screen, they're actually really happy, good- natured people.

Every director is completely different.

Around the time of 'The Lord of the Rings,' it was a shock to me just how big it is to be on that kind of media juggernaut. It was a big thing and the scrutiny was shocking.

I hate being pigeon-holed into anything. To me, the best thing is when the next job comes and is completely different to the one that I just had.

Writers would hate me saying this, and I love words, but I have to say that cinema exists, on one level, for the power of the big image and what that image does.

I'm so fair that I didn't go in the sun as a child. When all my friends were on the beach, I was going to ballet. The teachers there didn't like you going in the sun, so I never did.

Acting is a freelance career... you never stop having to prove yourself and fight for work.

Some scripts you read and say, 'I've just got to do this' and you find a way of making it work. Some things you turn down because of the impact on family.

I think you go through a period as a teenager of being quite cool and unaffected by things.

I have plenty to look forward to, I'm sure.

The purpose of education should not to be to fill you with knowledge, but education should make you hungry for knowledge.

Life is no different than the weather. Not only is it unpredictable, but it shows us a new perspective of the world every day.

I suppose [...] that the most convincing way to fool an enemy would be to fool a friend.

I really enjoy taking an outdoor shower.

Those were my children being slaughtered.

What makes me most happy is connecting with others. I love meeting new people, being social, and engaging in empowering discussions.

We don't want any adventures here! You might try over the Hill or Across the Water.

I've never eaten just a few bites of things I liked in my life.

And if the professional rapist is to be separated from the average dominant heterosexual (male), it may be mainly a quantitative difference.