80 Quotes by Hugo Weaving

I’m so used to Australian films not getting a release outside Australia.

As human beings, of course, we’re all compromised and complex and contradictory and if a screenplay can express those contradictions within a character and if there’s room for me to express them, that’s a part I’d love to play, so much more than a character who is heroic and one-dimensional.

I do feel like I’m not entirely an insider.

People are more likely to pass me on the street without recognizing me, and that’s good.

If a film isn’t really talking about who we are and what our psychologies are, then we’re probably not that interested in it, actually.

Having agreed to play Elrond, I realized how much had to be worked out about this character: the idea of portraying someone who is immortal, for one thing; plus the fact he is noble, wise, powerful, good – and beautiful! I began to think that he was altogether impossible to play!

There’s nothing like being on a massive-budget film where you don’t know anything, and there’s a million people, and no one’s communicating.

Film has a tendency to be limiting in some way and it shouldn’t be. It’s a form that can be explored and changed.

If the script grabs me and appeals to me, I’m really very keen to work on it.