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" It was never really part of my plan to be in films; it was really sort of a dream. "

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" If you decide you want to work in the film industry, you just have to bite the bullet and take other jobs until the proper jobs come in. "

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" My mother did like to make clothes, and in I think the worst picture I've ever seen of myself - I must have been eight or nine - she'd dressed me in a matching t-shirt and Bermuda shorts ensemble which I think looked like somebody had thrown up all over it. I was so glad when that sewing machine stopped working, I have to say. "

" Everybody knows about Peter Jackson, 'The Hobbit' movies and 'The Lord of the Rings' films being made in New Zealand, and to actually have been part of it for such a long period, to live there and to have friends that I will have for life because of that experience, is an amazing thing. "

" I guess maybe directors see a face that seems to have been lived in. I know that my face has been lived in, yeah. "

" When I was focusing on theater, I would go on for months without any work and could hardly pay the rent. "

" When I left school, I got a job in a shoe shop and I used to save 15 quid a week and pay for my own singing and acting lessons. "

" In theater, you sometimes can only do one or two jobs a year because they're long periods. In film, you can shoot so many. It's quite interesting. "

" The first time I was flown to L.A. for a screen test was an incredibly nerve-racking experience. "

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" I research the role, and if it's a literary character, I read the book, and if it's an historical figure, I research documents and biographies. If it's a fictional character, I work off the script. "

" I felt alive when I read a script and acted out a scene, or sang a song. It was my dream. I'm just very lucky that I'm still doing it and able to earn a living from it. "

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