You can always pick out stage actors at the Oscars: they know how to walk.

You would be surprised how many directors don't know what they want. They might not know what they want until they see it, they might know what they want but no idea how to get it out of the actor, then you've both got a problem.

Most of the time when you do a job, a play or a film, you're wondering, "Will there be an audience?"

I've had enough of being a gay icon! I've had enough of all this hard work, because, since I came out, I keep getting all these parts, and my career's taken off. I want a quiet life. I'm going back into the closet. But I can't get back into the closet, because it's absolutely jam-packed full of other actors.

Elijah looks angelic but his beauty of spirit is what makes his Frodo leap out of the screen. Unalloyed goodness is one of the most difficult attributes to act.

When you're on stage with an audience, the director's nowhere to be seen. He's onto the next job.

I’ve often thought the Bible should have a disclaimer in the front saying this is fiction.