Someone tried to save my soul in a gas station.

I trained for three years at drama school to be an actor - not a celebrity.

I think it's sort of a rite of passage for a British actor to try and get the American accent and have a good crack at doing that.

A big part of what I wanted to do with this character was go from when I was a boy and try and develop into a man, really try and play him as a man who is on this search, on a journey of personal, spiritual, political, social discovery.

Lord of the Rings was my first experience making movies and at the time, I had no ideas how movies were done. I thought that's the way they're done, so in a way, I had nothing to compare it to.

You don't improvise with a Cameron Crowe script.

I'm always amazed at anyone's interest in what I have to say.