Usually you tend to glean much more information about your character from what other people say about you, rather than how it's described in the books.

I'm proud of Lord of the Rings. I think it's a once in a lifetime role, and a once in a lifetime film. It was made with so much care and passion and meticulous detail and everybody was so behind it.

Listen to people and treat people as you find them. There's an inherent goodness in most people. Don't pre-judge people - that was me Mam's advice anyway.

I sometimes find that playing the bad guy, or villains, or psychopaths tend to be much more psychologically rewarding. And you can really push it, you can push the limits, and get away with it.

If you have a very good concept of your character, you can snap into it.

My family thought the fascination with acting was just another fad.

Lord of the Rings was just so much enjoyment. It was over about the space of a year that I was filming. It's one of the most enjoyable things I've ever done, so emotional.

I'd been trying for a while to get parts that weren't just the English bad guy, so it was quite refreshing to be playing someone who was a compassionate, decent guy.

I'm still Sean that me mates went to school with, not Sean the film star. And that's the way I prefer to be.

It was such an interesting character and the film really explored his friendship with Bond and how it all went wrong, so it was a very personal journey for both characters.

To be honest, you have to do a big Hollywood film to get enough money to do a good independent film!

We must be so heavenly minded that we are compelled to be of earthly good!

I don't subscribe to that school of thought that leadership can be altogether defined by gender.

Someone has said that life itself is a party: you join after it's started and you leave before it's finished.

When our brain feels too weak to deal with our opponent's objections, our heart answers by casting suspicion on their underlying motives.

I learned that lesson a long time ago. When you write popular fiction, you're going to get bashed by critics.

The main aim is to up my game at every possible turn without compromise.

I'm a huge gamer, everything from PC to Xbox to PS2.

Thus times do shift, each thing his turn does hold; New things succeed, as former things grow old.

I dont have a huge breakfast, and I sometimes forget to have lunch, so I focus on dinner. I love Thai and Japanese food.

Love and liveAnd live and loveEach momentTo the fullest.