Acting Is A Sort Of Pressure Cooker

Originally When I Went Off To Work On 'the Lord Of The Rings' I Got A Call From My Agent Saying That I Was Just Going To Do A Voice. But I Couldn't Really Approach It Like That. To Get Gollum's Voice I Had To Play The Character.

Hoodwink Is A Product Of His Environment. He Grew Up In Belfast, He Was Part Of The Uda And He Fought For What He Believed In - Or Was Brainwashed Into Believing - Because Of The People That Surrounded Him.

I Remember Once, I Read In A Horoscope, Because I'm An Aries, I Read This Terrible Thing, Which Really Affected Me, Which Said, "you Will Never Be Original. You Will Always Be An Interpreter." (laughs) I Thought, "oh My God." You Know, I Had To Live With That On My Back For [all My Life].

Every Age Has Its Storytelling Form, And Video Gaming Is A Huge Part Of Our Culture. You Can Ignore Or Embrace Video Games And Imbue Them With The Best Artistic Quality. People Are Enthralled With Video Games In The Same Way As Other People Love The Cinema Or Theatre.

I Suppose The Biggest Strain Was That Hoodwink Is A High-octane Character And He's Up There Like All The Time. Once He's On His Journey There's No Let Up For The Man, So I Actually Found It A Massively Exhausting Job To Keep That Level Up.