I think the point to be understood is that we're all different. I've never been a fan of theories of acting. I didn't go to drama school, so I was never put through a training that was limited by someone saying, 'This is the way you should act.'

There's no sex in Middle Earth.

I suspect the base that I'm working from is not particularly one of inquiry, but of memory of what I did last time.

[There's] nothing special about an actor's imagination, except that he uses it a lot.

2D looks so flat. Well, it is, of course, it's flat. But 3D isn't. And for an adventure story that takes you into a long-distant, fictional world, it's ideal, I think.

The performance is created by the director. The actor is the material. And I think that has to be true.

Macbeth is a very popular play with audiences. If you want to sell out a theater, just mount a production of Macbeth. It's a short play, it's an exciting play, it's easy to understand, and it attracts great acting.