The secret to a long marriage in the film industry? Marry someone wonderful, as I did. And always have her come along on location.

I've seen many men die right in front of me - so many in fact that I've become almost hardened to it. Having seen the worst that human beings can do to each other, the results of torture, mutilation and seeing someone blown to pieces by a bomb, you develop a kind of shell. But you had to. You had to. Otherwise, we would never have won.

I've done a lot of films that have become iconic, not necessarily because of me.

I think acting is a mixture of instinct, imagination and inventiveness. All you can learn as an actor is basic technique.

I thought that people should know about the dangers of Satanism, and diabolism does exist - there's no question about it.

The secret to a long marriage in the film industry? Marry someone wonderful, as I did. And always have her come along on location.

Peter Jackson's instincts are extraordinary, as is his stamina.