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?

Everything you know, all the things that you thought were important, drift into the background. And even things that were important really come to the fore and he's one of them.

I just keep pinching myself that that's my wife.

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

I cherished my time filming 'Lord of the Rings' in New Zealand - it's the most beautiful, magical place with great hospitality. I love places that are completely cut off from everything - where I can relax and enjoy the simplicity of nature.

My experience of singing, as an actor, was that there's a different creative feeling of freedom. The acting thing is a bit more defined and cerebral. I can see why people would want to cross over. If you have so much freedom on stage then perhaps you want to be confined a bit, and vice versa.

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.