I had studied theater for three years in London when someone suggested me for the role.

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?

Elves are like trees, grounded and focused from the trunk down but graceful and agile on top.

Failure is simply the non-presence of success. But a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions.

I had the training at drama school where I studied Shakespeare and Brecht and Chekov and all these period historical playwrights and I think that I responded to the material.

I crave working on those small independent movies because I love going to see those myself.

The process of making a movie is what I love. I thrive on that. It's an exciting miracle, a mad adventure. I love being part of it