It was great. I got to hang out with him [Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins], and I kept a straight face for a bit and then I started giggling because I know Martin, I don't know Bilbo. For Martin to be sitting there playing Bilbo is amazing. He's going to be amazing, he's going to be fantastic in this film.

I am a PR disaster because I talk too much.

Animations are really powerful - it's not just entertainment, it's a very cunning way to get good ideas across.

We're living through a time where we are fighting wars fostered by politics, admittedly not on the same scale as the First World War, but with equally tragic realities for our soldiers and their families.

I ate healthily, but there was no snacking, no drinking, no bread, no sugar, no smoking. Afterwards I had a pork belly roast.

I think the characters are supposed to be an open book, blank canvas.

I never really got obsessed about one thing for long. I was a bit of a butterfly and a magpie.