I go by the role pretty much. And I think the only genre I haven't gotten to do but I'd love to is a western, but no one has ever asked me to do that. Unfortunately they are very few and far between these days, but that is one type of film I'd love to do.

When I started in films, it never really occurred to me that I could make a career out of acting.

I've worked all my life to shed myself of any character.

I'm not big on Champagne, but I'd take along a bottle of Cristal to pop for when the boat comes to the rescue.

When I left university I was working for a documentary film company for six or seven years to the great relief of my father whose greatest waking fear was that I would become an actor.

You don't necessarily have to go a long way in New Zealand to be in some pretty dense and scary bush.

Where we're going, we won't need eyes to see.