006 was such an interesting character and the film really explored his friendship with Bond and how it all went wrong, so it was a very personal journey for both characters.

Lord of the Rings was something I always wanted to do. I read the book when I was about 25, and I was always hoping if it was ever made into a feature film that I would be involved in some way. And then I finally got it, and I was over the moon. It was fantastic news.

I'm proud of Lord of the Rings. I think it's a once in a lifetime role, and a once in a lifetime film. It was made with so much care and passion and meticulous detail and everybody was so behind it.

I'm still Sean that me mates went to school with, not Sean the film star. And that's the way I prefer to be.

It became very clear to the director that it would be foolish not to use our friendship. I had tried to talk to him about it because all the relationships in the film are so, not negative, but antagonistic. There's not a lot of love going around.

No film should try to follow a trend, and do what film people think the public wants. There's no such thing as knowing what the public wants.

I would have to say honestly I was very pleased to be in a film whether it was good or bad with De Niro, Norton and Brando even if I don't have any scenes with them, I thought it was pretty good company to keep.

I don't think his life has been in any way disfigured by the film. The film did disclose some difficult facts.

We wanted to make sure that the film covered the main issues of his life. Musicianship, appearance.

The film was fair to his musical achievement and gave him every opportunity to explain himself.

Film-making was not at all what I had expected.

I was just a cheap little starlet hardly acting at all in a very mediocre film.

When I see myself on film it makes me smile, I mean making a good living doing what I enjoy is soo much fun. I just hope that everyone has the chance to enjoy life like I do.

I do enjoy film. The more I do it the more I learn.

Ron Howard is as good a person as you could want to work with on film. He never lost his cool. He's the most easygoing, lovely man, but he's got this enormous intelligence and a wonderful humanity.