I sort of leave the character at the end of the day. I don't carry anything around with me - no excess baggage or unnecessary thoughts. I think it's too exhausting to do that. To put things into perspective - your work is your work, and your leisure time is something else.

There's a wealth of literature out there which, hopefully, will be, you know, exploded in the future, and I personally find it very rewarding to be involved with classic storytelling, and sort of legendary characters.

Usually you tend to glean much more information about your character from what other people say about you, rather than how it's described in the books.

I like to keep myself in shape. I run and do weights when I go to the gym.

Every actor wants to find a piece of work that's innovative and powerful and moving.

Lord of the Rings was something I always wanted to do. I read the book when I was about 25, and I was always hoping if it was ever made into a feature film that I would be involved in some way. And then I finally got it, and I was over the moon. It was fantastic news.

If you have a very good concept of your character, you can snap into it.