When Xena finished I just really wanted to work with Shakespeare's material.

I find that actors who are wanting to pursue tv or films don't seem to have much interest in classical theatre.

I think you have to have different tools for each job - you know producer is very different from a director and very different from an actor.

When you think about going back to the States you start to become more aware of the violence there and how we pollute the Earth more than the New Zealanders.

Filmmaking in general is just really where I'm putting all of my energy.

I’ve been looking at oil paintings from oriental artists lately, and the one artist who’s inspired me right now is a man named Hokusai and I’ve had his book by my bed looking at how he interprets landscapes – mountains and water and flowers and birds.

In film and television you have to be able to see the whole picture in a different way than you do on the stage because you shoot out of order and you're working with technology.