Aidan Turner quotes:

In 'The Hobbit,' there were British, Irish, Australian and New Zealand actors, and Peter Jackson was adamant that we would all sound like we were from Britain somewhere.

On a beautiful clear Sunday morning, myself and James Nesbitt jumped out of a plane together at 18,000 feet.

When you walk onto a Peter Jackson set, you can see straightaway that money isn't an issue.

I want to spend the night alone in a haunted mansion. I wouldn't say I'm sceptical because that word implies the truth is out there when there is no truth out there.

I left the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin in 2004, and I did five years of theater after that.

I didn't want to feel like I was mimicking or copying someone else's performance, whether it's subconscious or not.

To make a career as an Irish actor, generally it's the case that you move to London. When you make that move, you do tend to stand out.

You can't beat a love triangle.

I'm not an extravagant person. You don't get a chance to spend money when you're working on a TV show.

I think every actor wants a certain amount of control. Maybe not control, as such, but just to be part of the process. But it's not necessary, I guess.

A good trick I learnt early on is not to immediately look at playback because once you know the shot, you can see when the camera is on you. It's best to stay 'in it' all the time, and just if it's on you, it's on you, and if it's not, it's not. It's the easiest way.

When you're part of an ensemble and share the screen with so many people, you become close to them because you're hanging out all the time. Obviously you have your ups and downs, but that kind of brings you closer in many ways.

Every actor wants to change things up a bit. You don't want to be pigeonholed, and not just because of what the industry might think.

It's hard to know at any stage whether a show is going to work or not. Every few years, a different trend comes along.

You can have a good vibe and a good feeling about something, but you never really know how it's going to be received and how an audience is going to react to it.

Sometimes during a show or a film, while you're shooting it, you'll think, "This is great, it's going to be fantastic, the script is incredible, and the actors are great, and everything is working out brilliantly." And then you see it, and you kind of go, "Oh god, it's not as good as I thought it was," and it doesn't get an audience to watch it. It only does a couple of festivals and then dies and whatever.

There's no point in really making something if it doesn't appeal to a lot of people or the masses or if it's not seen by a lot of people.