It's just hard to get an independent film made.
The first time I was flown to L.A. for a screen test was an incredibly nerve-racking experience.
I certainly didn't want to make another movie that's 'just another Dracula film.'
Most of the time, you do films and they can be big films, but you are rarely aware of the fan base that comes with it.
I come from the countryside. I come from a bunch of horticulture family members. My best friend was a farmer's boy.
If you ask an actor what he'd prefer to act on, he'd probably say a tangible, real set, or even better, a real location out on a mountainside or by a river. It's just easier because you don't have to imagine anything.
The Sixties was all about style and a certain look. But what was interesting about 1963 was that it was pre-Beatles, so the clothes of that time, especially the suits, were very different from the clothes post-Beatlemania.
I moved to Cardiff when I was 17 and never needed a car. When I came to L.A. for my first job there, I needed a car, so I had to pass my driving test.
A guy's biggest style mistake is definitely trying to look too cool. As long as you've got a good pair of jeans, a good pair of boots and a few good shirts, you're fine.
It's good for your body to have a break. Even when you're training, you have to have a cheat day every week. The body reacts better to training if you give it intervals of not training, or you relax the diet.
Being involved in 'The Hobbit' has been a huge boost for me. It's really put me on the map and helped me be taken more seriously as an actor.
In the future, I would like to do more films with contemporary themes. Perhaps comedy, which is something I have done in theater but not in cinema.
I would love to be able to tap dance.
You have to give everything to every job you do.
I think starting a cinema career late in life has more advantages than disadvantages.
I used to take my car and go down to the South Island for five or six days and climb glaciers and jump out of planes and jump off bridges and go white water rafting - a bit of thrill-seeking.
I don't carry off 'quirky.'
Miranda Kerr is absolutely lovely.
Singing seems to be inherent in Filipino, just as it is in my race. That's why I have this affinity with Filipinos.
It was never really part of my plan to be in films; it was really sort of a dream.
