Relaxing is important; I would like to do more! Golf is a pretty good attempt, but good television, I find, is a great way to chill out and let it do the thinking for you....

I’m an officer in her Majesty’s Royal New Zealand Navy. I’m a public relations officer in the Royal New Zealand Navy. Sounds good, doesn’t it?

I don’t go anywhere without clean shoes. That’s one thing I’ve got from the navy.

After ‘The Hobbit,’ I have no idea if things will change. I suspect if I still want to act I will have to put in the hard yards, not rest on my laurels. A lot...

I think of ‘The Hobbit’ as more like a boy’s own film, like those annuals from the 1930s and 1940s.

I read ‘The Hobbit’ while at school. It was OK; can’t really remember too much from there, other than the fact I was 10! I never read it again until the script for the film,...

I’m a reasonably good actor, and I’m an average naval officer. Ha, ha!

In fantasy land, I wish I could be a pro golfer. I love golf – the most frustratingly brilliant game on the planet.

Acting and the navy seem to balance each other out – I’ve not surrendered over to the complete process of the navy, nor have I surrendered to the ego-driven process of acting.