Never send a human to do a machine's job.

I generally find an affinity with a lot of the people I play and I suppose if I didn't feel an affinity for them then they wouldn't be particularly good performances.

I guess I judge my films by how pleased I am with the work I do, so it's kind of on another level. If they do well at the box office, then that's great. Then I'm really pleased about that too.

As an actor, to play someone who's at war with himself, that's so interesting.

I kind of like the challenge of jumping into totally different spaces and styles and figuring out how to fit in.

Having agreed to play Elrond, I realized how much had to be worked out about this character: the idea of portraying someone who is immortal, for one thing; plus the fact he is noble, wise, powerful, good - and beautiful! I began to think that he was altogether impossible to play!

I think I'm a bit of a dreamer. I don't like the reality of life to impinge much on my life.