To be honest, you have to do a big Hollywood film to get enough money to do a good independent film!

I think that you always have something left, that you take something of the character with you.

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

I'm proud of Lord of the Rings. I think it's a once in a lifetime role, and a once in a lifetime film. It was made with so much care and passion and meticulous detail and everybody was so behind it.

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

I always prefer to work intensively on something and then move on to something else. I prefer not to get stuck in something that takes five or six years of my life.

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.