In 10 years, I'd love to live near the sea, in a warmer climate. I could see myself with three dogs... and it'd be great to share them with someone else.

I come from a country that lives and breathes rugby, and I didn't think there would be anywhere else in the world that could be the same. But New Zealand takes it to another dimension. It's extraordinary how much passion Kiwis have for the game.

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

The gym is somewhere you can go to just forget for an hour what you do for a living, what you are doing on a daily basis. You just turn up and get on with it.

I wouldn't say being in a film with The Rock was 'motivating.' 'Terrifying' would be a more accurate description.

The truth of the matter is roles like James Bond are the ones that I look up to as probably the best roles ever to play. So that's probably my ultimate goal one day: to play James Bond.

I'm basically turning my apartment into an armory.

I don't necessarily pay extreme attention to what I wear on a daily basis, but I do love to wear something special for an important occasion or when I feel happy.

It is a very beautiful story, 'The Crow.' It is a very tragic story with huge emotional themes.

If I have to look a certain way for something, I know how long it's going to take me do it.

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.

I come from the countryside. I come from a bunch of horticulture family members. My best friend was a farmer's boy.

Peter Jackson is a wonderful man. He's a great director. He's found his niche in life.

Living in New Zealand, it's like a different world - it is a different world. It's very, very cool.

It's a lot of fun being dressed by designers and surrounded by publicists.

I was a weed. Such a skinny little weed. I just couldn't put on weight; I couldn't put on muscle. I was the oddest shape. And I thought that was it: that's how I'd look for the rest of my life. And I'd beat myself up about it so much. But you change an awful lot. You're 16. Your body's not even halfway to what it'll end up being.

I think heroes are the people that go into houses when they're on fire and save people in hospitals.

You have to have a lot of money to go to college. It's not cheap.

Gemma Arterton in 'The Master Builder' at the Almeida - she was absolutely brilliant. Ibsen is difficult and quite hard to follow, but she just brings the stage to life.

Sometimes I eat at, like, 9:30 at night and then go to bed at 10:30 and wake up at 4:00.

I think starting a cinema career late in life has more advantages than disadvantages.

'The Desolation of Smaug' stands alone as an action/adventure epic movie. It's visually stunning, and the 3D is incredible. Plus, it's directed by Peter Jackson, and he's extraordinary.

I used to take my car and go down to the South Island for five or six days and climb glaciers and jump out of planes and jump off bridges and go white water rafting - a bit of thrill-seeking.

If you're gonna start a story, you start from the beginning, right?

I come from south Wales. A place called Aberbargoed.

Every time you get in shape for a role, there's a different way to do it so it doesn't get boring.

You never get over an ex, but you learn to live with it.

I always wanted to sing, as a child.

I always wanted to get into proper shape.

As much as my parents were worried about me moving to London at 17, they could see that I was hungry to find my path. And it probably helped that they saw me succeeding at it, slowly but surely.

In the future, I would like to do more films with contemporary themes. Perhaps comedy, which is something I have done in theater but not in cinema.

I had a very difficult upbringing.

It's good for your body to have a break. Even when you're training, you have to have a cheat day every week. The body reacts better to training if you give it intervals of not training, or you relax the diet.

I've dabbled in period films in my career, and I've enjoyed each one.

It's hard work just being on set 14 hours a day.

I really loved 'Fast Five.' I thought it was a brilliant movie. I thought it was so well done, well directed. The action sequences were really well thought out. It looked fantastic.

I've always had quite long canines. It's a very strange thing. My parents don't have them.

I'd like to make a film musical. That's really my dream.

I don't comment on other people's opinion.

I think the best directors provide you with a safe environment where they can instill you with confidence and allow you to try things out and not feel like you're failing or that you're doing it wrong.

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.

There are certain films you want to see on the big screen.

People want to hear your stories about these wonderful experiences you have, and that's what press tours are for.

Most of the time, you do films and they can be big films, but you are rarely aware of the fan base that comes with it.

It's a lovely thing to be able to sing.

It's good for people to look at me and think, 'This guy is doing his thing and enjoying what he's doing and successful at it and living his life.' And that's what I'm doing, and I'm very happy.

I don't think you should spend that much time in the gym. Don't sit around between sets too long. If you want to burn some calories, keep the sets tight. Give yourself 30 seconds to a minute between each set. Supersetting is brilliant.

The Sixties was all about style and a certain look. But what was interesting about 1963 was that it was pre-Beatles, so the clothes of that time, especially the suits, were very different from the clothes post-Beatlemania.

In all honesty, I should have given up this acting lark years ago.

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.