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.

Women, as mothers of the earth, deserve the utmost respect.

When everyone around you is doing all this incredible pirate acting and you're having to sort of play the straight guy and move the story forward, you kind of want to be doing some of that pirate ripping it up stuff, but in truth, to be a part of that project is what I love.

I got to dress up in funny clothes and run around New Zealand with a bow and arrow for 18 months, how bad could that be?

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.

The philosophies behind meditation are very current today and are a way of finding some sort of peace.

The role of an actor is to make every character believable.