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

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.'

Vig used to call me 'Elf boy', and I'd call him 'filthy human'. As an Elf, I never got a scratch on me, never got dirty. And Vig would come out with blood and sweat all over him. And he'd say to me, 'Oh, go manicure your nails.'

I know you can be up one minute and drop the next, so I'm trying to maintain a steady course so I can have some longevity.

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

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

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.