It takes obstacles to learn, grow, be better.

Every stylish man should have a copy of 'The Fountainhead' by Ayn Rand on his bookshelf.

The best way to look stylish on a budget is to try second-hand, bargain hunting, and vintage.

People think getting a new partner is like getting a new car.

I just want to have a nice, happy life.

Being a gentleman is a worthy goal.

You can drive an SUV, but there's a balance. If you do that, maybe use energy-efficient light bulbs at home or just be conscious of switching off lights. If you can afford to drive an SUV, maybe you can afford to make a donation to a wind farm or plant some trees. It's all about balance.

As an actor, you can't think about the end result or the fame; you just have to focus on the day you're in. You have no control over the finished product, what people will think of it, so all you have is the experience of making it, and you have to stay focused on that.

Watch how you communicate with a woman. Because you're always communicating, even when you're not talking - with your body language, your facial expressions, your eyes.

Would I like to direct? Maybe one day.

Now my favourite pastime is to take a bath with my son.

People come into your life and people leave it... you just have to trust that life has a road mapped out for you.

I look forward to working with UNICEF as they continue to make the world a better place for children.

I came back out here from England and I was there for a while and it was beautiful and it is just great to see London going from Spring to Summer and Autumn.

Elves are like trees, grounded and focused from the trunk down but graceful and agile on top.

I am a hopeless romantic and I love to spoil my girlfriends.

As a child, I was always drawn to heroic characters. I decided I wanted to act when I realised that Superman and all those gangsters and Indians were just real people in costume.

Elves live in harmony with the world, and I try to do that.

Being referred to as a hunk or a heartthrob makes me nervous, but it's flattering. But I'm more interested in being an actor than a heartthrob.

I wondered how they would top the Pirates and skeletons and moonlight, because that's a pretty cool concept.

Elves are cool, man.

I have always found myself playing the hero, but I love villains. Villains have more fun.

I've lived a very nomadic life, which I enjoy.

If you were to ask everyone what 'Hamlet' was about, they might say, "It's about a prince, and he says, 'To be or not to be.'"

Be comfortable. I think if you're comfortable, you exude confidence, and that leads to good style.

I think a film set is a quite controlled environment and you feel like you can trust them and it is going to be a safe place to work, but I really don't think about it.

I missed my home - like the physicality of my home, I missed my friends and my family mostly and just hanging out and being in your home country - culturally it feels right and that is what I miss.

I got to work with one of my heroes, Johnny Depp, and to see how he goes about business, which was really inspiring for me at this stage in my career.

I'm trying to mix the cool, independent stuff with the big stuff, but it's been difficult finding the right roles. It's been an interesting ride as far as my career pendulum is concerned.

I try to take the time to appreciate and I certainly do appreciate and I do feel proud but that is probably one of the things I need to work on, building a bit of time for myself.

I think it's sort of a rite of passage for a British actor to try and get the American accent and have a good crack at doing that.

I had the training at drama school where I studied Shakespeare and Brecht and Chekov and all these period historical playwrights and I think that I responded to the material.

I had studied theater for three years in London when someone suggested me for the role.

I don't do a film unless it has a sword in it. And if it doesn't have a sword in it, I insist that they have one in the same room to keep me comfortable.

I crave working on those small independent movies because I love going to see those myself.

I got to dress up in funny clothes and run around New Zealand with a bow and arrow for 18 months, how bad could that be?

I remember one time that I was filming a scene in whych my character rides through Troy on a chariot. I just looked around at this incredible set thinking 'This is the life'.

Elves have this superhuman strength, yet they're so graceful. Tolkien created them to be angelic spirits, but I also saw Legolas as something out of the Seven Samurai.

If life isn't about human beings and living in harmony, then I don't know what it's about.

I did send a girl a plane ticket asking her for a visit, I guess that's quite romantic.

Whatever happens in life is fine - just trust in that.

Someone tried to save my soul in a gas station.

How can you be in hell while you are in my heart?

You don't improvise with a Cameron Crowe script.

Yeah, I mean the material, directors, the other cast, and if you think you can do something with the character then you do it and go from there. I am looking forward to doing some smaller movies.

Obviously I always wanted to do a contemporary piece.

My whole career has been fulfilling my childhood fantasies, playing characters that are larger than life, getting to play a knight, an elf, a prince, and a soldier.

Lord of the Rings was my first experience making movies and at the time, I had no ideas how movies were done. I thought that's the way they're done, so in a way, I had nothing to compare it to.

I know you can be up one minute and drop the next, so I'm trying to maintain a steady course so I can have some longevity.

I'm always amazed at anyone's interest in what I have to say.