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.

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Obviously I always wanted to do a contemporary piece.

Obviously I always wanted to do a contemporary piece.

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

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

You don't improvise with a Cameron Crowe script.

You don't improvise with a Cameron Crowe script.

I got to work with one of my heroes, Johnny Depp, and to see how...

I got to work with one of my heroes, Johnny Depp, and to see how...

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

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

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

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

I remember one time that I was filming a scene in whych my character rides...

I remember one time that I was filming a scene in whych my character rides...

I'm amazed that things have panned out the way they have. I always say I'm...

I'm amazed that things have panned out the way they have. I always say I'm...

Vig used to call me 'Elf boy', and I'd call him 'filthy human'. As an...

Vig used to call me 'Elf boy', and I'd call him 'filthy human'. As an...

My whole career has been fulfilling my childhood fantasies, playing characters that are larger than...

My whole career has been fulfilling my childhood fantasies, playing characters that are larger than...

Lord of the Rings was my first experience making movies and at the time, I...

Lord of the Rings was my first experience making movies and at the time, I...

I had the training at drama school where I studied Shakespeare and Brecht and Chekov...

I had the training at drama school where I studied Shakespeare and Brecht and Chekov...

Elves have this superhuman strength, yet they're so graceful. Tolkien created them to be angelic...

Elves have this superhuman strength, yet they're so graceful. Tolkien created them to be angelic...

I know you can be up one minute and drop the next, so I'm trying...

I know you can be up one minute and drop the next, so I'm trying...

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

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

I got to dress up in funny clothes and run around New Zealand with a...

I got to dress up in funny clothes and run around New Zealand with a...

When I was nine, I had this girlfriend and we used to have running races...

When I was nine, I had this girlfriend and we used to have running races...

I feel really privileged to be an actor, to be paid to do something I...

I feel really privileged to be an actor, to be paid to do something I...

A big part of what I wanted to do with this character was go from...

A big part of what I wanted to do with this character was go from...

I'm quite sensitive to women. I saw how my sister got treated by boyfriends. I...

I'm quite sensitive to women. I saw how my sister got treated by boyfriends. I...