In all honesty, if somebody asked me the secret of auditioning for Americans, I don't know. Often, I do what's called self-taping for America. I go over there quite a lot to sit in a room and do stuff in front of people. You feel like a performing monkey. It's bizarre.

My life at the moment is a bit like my wardrobe. Organised chaos.

I'll never forget anything about Middle Earth. That's part of my memory now so I won't miss anything.

Id love to work with the people who really got the film industry going again through the 70s: Peter Weir, Bruce Beresford, Gillian Armstrong, Fred Schepisi.

Listening and hearing are two different things, and acting is comprehending what the person is saying, thinking how it makes you feel and responding. That's the key to really honest, truthful, compelling performance.

I would love to direct a feature and have Robert Connolly produce it. That would be really fab.

Australia is a phenomenally beautiful country, and every time I go away and come back, it never ceases to amaze me.