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If I'm doing my job as an actor, the audience knows everything I know about the character.

I think that acting involves doing your job so well that you are able to help the viewer identify with the character.

In most professions, you build up confidence and a sense of achievement as you go along, but that's really not true for acting.

Sometimes people know I am an actor but are not really sure what I have been in.

I think I've had more of a variety in what I've done than most actors.

Never thought acting was something you could make a living at. It wasn't until I was in college, and got a lead in a play, that I began to realize I might just be able to blunder into this profession.

My job when I'm acting in a movie is very limited to playing a role. I'm not evaluating somebody. I'm only evaluating them insofar as they're interacting with me, but I'm not evaluating their skill set and I don't watch the movies, so I'm not aware of the way they're putting things together.

I enjoy all kinds of performances and take each role differently. I keep the audiences in mind.

Too many actors have run for office. There's one difference between me and them: I know I'm not qualified.

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.