Be Magnificent. Life’s Short. Get Out There.

In 'tintin,' It's Like A Live-action Role. You're Living And Breathing And Making Decisions For That Character From Page 1 To Page 120, The Whole Emotional Arc. In An Animated Movie, It's A Committee Decision. There Are 50 People Creating That Character. You're Responsible For A Small Part.

A Lot Of Actors On Film Sets... Very Often They're Not Paying Attention To The Physical World Around Them. I Think Through Studying Art, I've Always Had That Awareness And That's Something That I've Wanted To Bring In To Go Beyond Acting... As A Form Of Expression, They Are Intrinsically Linked.

Gollum Is Gollum - Though In 'lord Of The Rings' He's 600 Years Old And In 'the Hobbit' He's 540, So He Looks A Little Bit More Handsome.

I Remember Kind Of Doing Early Acting And Thinking, "god, They Don't Paint Behind The Sets." It's A Bit Of A Shame, Really - "oh, What's On The Other Side Of This Wall? Oh, You Can See The Plywood." I Was Really Disappointed. I Just Thought That These Things Were Real, From Watching Things As A Kid.

I've Been Writing And Wanting To Direct For A Long Time.