“I’m known for playing bad guys, so this was an interesting departure from what I’m known to play, which is a softer, more likable, affable character.”

It’s a significant question: should black people only adopt black children, and white people white children?

And then, with a European director and Norwegian actors speaking in Norwegian, it was going to be very interesting.

It’s one of the most beautiful places on this planet.

The only way I know how to deliver is to focus; some people can turn it on or off – I’d rather stay in character.

Those films that really speak to the primal fear that we, as human beings, have about the unknown have always intrigued me.

. It has to look real. That in itself becomes challenging because you have to learn it straight away.

So, whatever initial trepidation or fear I may have had was alleviated by those factors.

A lot of the moves are split legs, and twisting fast.

My father was a lorry driver, very rarely at home.

Well, filming in Hawaii, you know, is a blessing.

You really have to act your pants off to stay alive.

Akin is warrior or brave man

Personally, I love Toronto.

I just want to keep the diversity and the options open. In terms of what I’m looking for,

Whilst I’m still young and I still have the looks

The axe is fifteen pounds

It is a tiresome way of speaking, when you should despatch the business, to beat about the bush.

Then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation.

I got through yesterday, I’ll get through today.

Know not what you know, and see not what you see.

But I am now seasoned enough to have learned that the hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning.

Keep eternity before the children.

The externals are simply so many props; everything we need is within us.

And now in the serenity and quiet of this lovely place, touch the depths of truth, feel the hem of Heaven.