Every director is completely different.
I think, with TV, you create kind of a family to work with.
I've been on shows where they're just setting it up, and they're trying to find the tone of the writing and performance. That's always a really chaotic period on shows.
Young actors are serious about their work and don't take any time out from it. I'm very serious about my work; there are probably only two films I've done where I had a really good time.
Everyone says you should get a photo taken of yourself while you're pregnant. I've got a film. It'll be nice for my daughter, too, to look at one day. She was in it.
That fascinated me. I used to watch all these operations on TV and thought it would be really cool to do that.
My parents split up when I was young, and they are still good friends. I think it's often projected that these things have to be so acrimonious. It's so often not the case.
I've made my peace with being in the spotlight, definitely.
There's such big pressure on people who are incredibly famous, on those who have people sitting outside their front door and taking photos every time they move.
It's a career that's enticing because you go on stage, for example, and people clap. You get that affirmation, but you can't go into acting for that because it's really your own self-belief that's going to get you through.
I like working intensely, then going away and thinking about it, working out why it didn't work and then coming back to it. It makes the work richer, I think.
Generally, with films, what tends to happen is that a few people get a lot of momentum out of it, and a lot of people don't.
I really like research.
I guess I find it easy to play uptight characters.
You are being hit with tabloid-journalism bi-lines of what you are doing because you have suddenly become a star.
Some scripts you read and say, 'I've just got to do this' and you find a way of making it work. Some things you turn down because of the impact on family.
Around the time of 'The Lord of the Rings,' it was a shock to me just how big it is to be on that kind of media juggernaut. It was a big thing and the scrutiny was shocking.
It's a little daunting coming on to work with actors that you respect so much.
Premieres are pretty fun, but probably the most fun was when I went to see 'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,' and I'd just flown in from Africa, and I hadn't even seen the movie yet. So, the first time I saw it was at the premiere. It was really fun.
It is hard sometimes to see how other actors are working when you are working with them.
