I would literally climb out of the cradle while my parents slept, go and crawl off. I did this a couple of times apparently. I'd cross the road and into someone's house, wake them up banging pots and pans in the kitchen.

I'm an optimist; I always hope that each new script is going to be a great story.

I think if you don't say something it's lying by omission. I personally think it's immoral.

The Road was a movie that has a good reputation, even though it wasn't released very well, but that's a movie I'm very proud of.

Here's where we are, this is what's happening. So do something, or get out of the kitchen.

As [John] Tolkien himself said, the story [Lord of the Ring ] is not allegorical. He said so when people tried to make analogies to World War II and the fight against Hitler and his fascist coalition.

I prefer the smaller acting than big histrionics. It's about reacting and looks, which is often underestimated.