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.

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.

When I was nine, I had this girlfriend and we used to have running races in the park. I wanted to be like Superman and fly in and rescue her.

I don't know any family that doesn't have a story somewhere. Besides, it you didn't have those things in life, you'd be so bland.

My whole career has been fulfilling my childhood fantasies, playing characters that are larger than life, getting to play a knight, an elf, a prince, and a soldier.

If life isn't about human beings and living in harmony, then I don't know what it's about.

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?