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.

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.

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

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.

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.

All that looks like reality to us is dependent on God. There is creation and Creator, nothing more. And creation gets all its meaning and purpose from God.

I'm addicted to self-improvement. The thing is, there's so damn much about myself to improve.

You need emotional content.

God, as I use the word, is another name for what is. I always know God's intention: It's exactly what is in every moment.

Where does personality end and brain damage begin?

I have this peculiar ability to be able to anticipate mouth movements on screen and fill them with words or sound.

A woman who takes her husband about with her everywhere is like a cat that goes on playing with a mouse long after she's killed it.

You are not in business to be popular.

The peasant wants only to be left alone to prosper in peace.

My perception is that I'm a guy who really does a lot of homework surrounding any project that I do.