I think at the prospect of bringing children into the world, your mortality comes very much to the forefront, absolutely.

I had never done anything with blue screen before, or prosthetics, or anything like that. Lord of the Rings was like stepping into a videogame for me. It was another world completely. But, to be honest, I basically did it so that I could have the ears. I thought they would really work with my bare head.Working with Martin Scorsese was an absolute minute-by-minute education without him ever being grandiose about it.

My kids don't watch any TV, but they watch videos and films. I'm sure they watch it at friends' houses.

I've reprised roles in the theatre, which is somehow more accepted, and where one can automatically go deeper and further into the role.

I think we should stop drinking bottled water. There's no need to be drinking it if you're living in western communities.

I discovered early on that some performers live their life in order to act, so all their relationships are simply an experience that they can feed back into their work. Which I find vampiric.

You know you've made it when you've been moulded in miniature plastic. But you know what children do with Barbie dolls - it's a bit scary, actually.