I always believed in my characters. I lived them.
I would never be fearful of any character.
The less I talk about being black, the better.
I don't know anyone who's suffered lung cancer.
I'm often accused of being prudish, but the opposite is true.
I am an internationally produced playwright.
A nation needs to know how to utilise talent.
Consistency is very important when you're making films.
I'll never put my memoirs in print.
There's lots of Tolkien that must be confusing to people.
Gandalf saves the world and saves the soul of the world, really.
I've always had very catholic tastes.
One thing Middle-earth is short on is the feminine.
There are deaths in public places on the grounds that the victim is gay.
I can scare myself like a pro.
I have no ambitions to be a pop star.
I want to bulk up. I'm a skinny guy.
Being an artist is in part an act of rupture.
Intimacy is something to be cherished, and intimacy is not something to be afraid of.
By 15, I was lucky enough to find the theater.
It was never really my choice to be an action heroine.
