I'm amazed that things have panned out the way they have. I always say I'm so lucky, though my mum always says, 'You make your own luck.'

Whatever happens in life is fine - just trust in that.

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.

I love it. I hate that word (fatherhood), but I love being a father; it's changed everything in so many ways.

My baby is amazing, even his head smells amazing. His breath, the whole thing, you could eat him!

Although it is a fantasy film, it's as real as it can be. You have to imagine that an audience will buy their ticket to a cinema and get on a first-class flight and journey to Middle Earth.