I don't make movies thinking: 'Oh, this is going to be a huge box-office hit.'

Orlando's a really cool guy. They hired him for 'Lord of the Rings' out of drama school. He's very new at this still and doesn't have a lot of experience. So we were in this together and we've tried to help each other out. We felt very equal which was good.

It's taken me a long time to realize that my own life is far more interesting than any part I'll ever play.

You should be smart enough to know that you don't know everything. But you have to believe in yourself. I certainly do.

Her beauty didn’t do her any good and she couldn’t use it in any positive way or manipulative way. I just hope that people will look and see and believe in that hope of love, that hope of freedom, even if it was just for a limited time.

I do give myself a break in my personal life but I think in work, if you don't push yourself you get bored and want to do something else.

A lot of directors idealize their leading ladies or turn them into these objects of sexuality and beauty.