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If you're used to being a maverick, then people don't get surprised when you start acting strangely.

Do people really think that about my nose? I spent my whole life hating it, so it's amusing that people like it!

I want to be strong enough to cope with the roles, but I don't want to be cast as the guy that takes his shirt off.

Te Papa Museum is brilliant.

As an actor, you're like, 'Yeah, I want that phone call from Peter Jackson saying, 'You're my first choice for Thorin Oakenshield.'

You've got to have baddies that you can boo.

I am just not a water baby. I can swim, but I just don't.

You know, to an extent, Method acting feels occasionally lazy.

Once you don't smile on film, they say, 'Let's have that bloke who doesn't smile.'

I wouldn't even dare to sing like Ed Sheeran.

Light, trivial comedy does not appeal - it is not something I go to see.

Since real spies are so good, you never really know what actual spying is. But I do think spying is a lot more dangerous than we are led to believe.

It is possible to work out of New York on film and television and still not lose your connection to theater.

Whatever I lack in talent I have in stamina.

I don't think actors need to go on pedestals. I don't buy it.

There's a very strong force in Tolkien's characters.

Personally, I'm not interested in getting more money for what I do; I'm just interested in more money being put into the production.

I'm looking forward to getting fat and old.

You can't reject anything in your life as an artist. Everything has its use.

I wouldn't want a tattoo at all. They're difficult to cover up.

I didn't become an actor because I thought I'd make lots of money.

I have a visual mind, so when I read a book, I get an instant picture in my head and it's very clear.

Small, slow growth is the best I expect from an investment. I'm a real saver: frugal - like my parents.

People get to know me slowly and over the course of time. I'll probably still be a newcomer when I'm 60.

Give me a character that has an heroic quality, and I'll go there.

You can spend a bit of yourself when you give yourself to a character. At the end of a job, you have to remind yourself who and what you are.

I speak some dwarvish.

Someone told me a woman bought a dog so she could take it to the same park where I go running, but I'm hoping that's rubbish.

I went into musical theatre, which I'm not really cut out for - I'm not as skilled at it as other people.

I'm probably not very good at rom-com, being funny on demand; I'll leave that to the comedians.

I've never been that cute kid that was forgiven for being naughty.

I did quite a lot of menial jobs. I was a waiter, an inventory clerk touring round properties listing cups and saucers, and a laserquest marshal.

I'd like to live off-grid.

I know what Twitter is; I don't use it. I don't use Facebook, so luckily, it does zero to my ego.

Often you find the character through the things they say. How they talk about other people, how they describe themselves - which is very rare.

I kind of got lost down a road of TV and film, so it's great to come back to theatre.

When I told my mom I was going to audition for 'The Hobbit,' she said, 'Well, you've always loved Tolkien.' And she was right.

I think my fighting skills have certainly been improved by working with Peter Jackson.

I suppose I'm a bit mean. My face on camera doesn't lend itself to happy nice guys. I think it's just that my bone structure looks menacing.

I can work hard and be disciplined like a soldier, but I could never reach their level of fitness.

I think if I had come out of drama school and been an instant Hollywood superstar, I would be taking long, leisurely holidays.

My mum will not speak above a low whisper in public because she doesn't want to draw attention to herself.

I was an estate agent for three years. That was pretty grim.

I feel like my imagination was crafted by Tolkien. He seemed to tap into that childhood intrigue of secret doors and hidden worlds.

Everyone loves a good baddie.

I come from very conservative parents, and we weren't particularly wealthy, but we were comfortable.

I have been to the theater more since I have lived in New York than I ever really did in London working on a television show.

I love being grungy and dirty.

I think that internal conflict works very well, because, after all, all the best drama is fuelled by conflict.

Monet was like a conductor. He painted with quite a straight arm and used bold strokes.

I think most five-foot-two people would be quite offended if they were to be called dwarves.

Some of the mail I've had has been weird. When I played Guy of Gisborne, a woman crocheted a mini-version of me.

I don't really like making too much of a statement with what I'm wearing.

I'd like a bit of a crack at some kind of anarchic comedy, but whether or not I'm skillful enough at it all, we'll see.

I've become one of those actors who find it difficult to say 'no' when things are offered.

When you already have a following, people are more likely to employ you.

I do believe in pensions.

Tolkien made dwarf sign language because, you know, it's too loud to talk in the mines.

Adults will not necessarily laugh at the same thing as their children.

I'm not much of a show-off.

To survive in a profession like this, you have to have absolute discipline and commitment, and I did not quite have it for musical theater.

I can't bear shopping. I can choose clothes for my characters, but not for myself. I've got no dress sense. Or I've lost it.

In school, I was a beanpole with a nose I hadn't grown into.

I think insanity is the hardest thing to play.

A charity donkey is where you sponsor a donkey in a sanctuary and give them three pounds a month to have some donkey nuts or something.

I never like to go out of character when filming starts. I fear that if I do, I might not be able to pick it up again.

I have a bit of pride, which is always my downfall.

I was in a production of 'Macbeth.'

I want to live in Middle-earth, actually.

The interesting roles have only come since I got into my 30s. But I didn't know that was going to happen.

I'd like to act in a film without special effects.