Hugo Weaving

I think any role you need to play not so much transforms but I like to think of it as understanding the psychology of another character.

I certainly don't advocate terrorism as a way of progressing and understanding people, nor do I believe labeling everything as a terrorist act is helpful either.

I generally find an affinity with a lot of the people I play and I suppose if I didn't feel an affinity for them then they wouldn't be particularly good performances.

When you're a kid you have this sense of wonder and wholeness and a strong sense of your own identity.

I've often dreamed about going back to Nigeria, but that's a very romantic notion. It's a hideous country to go to in reality.

I don't think I'll ever escape the fact that I don't belong anywhere in particular. I've often dreamed about going back to Nigeria, but that's a very romantic notion. It's a hideous country to go to in reality.

Both my parents are English and I was born in West Africa, and I moved around as a kid, lived in Bristol, lived in Buckinghamshire and Surrey as a kid, and then moved when I was 16.

As an actor, to do all sorts of different films is great.

I kind of like the challenge of jumping into totally different spaces and styles and figuring out how to fit in.

Across the board, Australian films need to have a lot more money spent on selling them.

Film sets are constantly amusing because you really are creating something that is so very surreal, and I kind of like that.

I think when your image becomes so big that it's hard for a viewer to see a character, then I think you're in danger as an actor of being unable to perform what you should be doing.