Sam Neill

“I'm not a method actor. I don't believe in it. I think it's a lot of nonsense, quite frankly.”

“I think humour is the most important thing in life. It's what gets us through.”

“I'm interested in characters who are flawed.”

“I think it's important to have a passion in life. It can be anything. But you've got to have something that gets you out of bed in the morning.”

“I think the great thing about 'Jurassic Park' is that it's a family film. It's a film for everyone.”

“My farm is my sanity.”

“I'm a farmer as well as an actor. And my farm is my passion.”

“I think you have to be a little bit crazy to be an actor.”

“The joy of being an actor is that you can be a different person every day.”

“Life's too short to drink bad wine.”

“I've always been a character actor, although I'm not quite sure what that means.”

“That's the great thing about acting - you can do things you'd never do in real life.”

“I'm an ordinary person who has an extraordinary job.”

“I don't think I'm a particularly good celebrity. I'm not very good at being famous.”

“New Zealand is not a small country but a large village.”

“I get to go to work and pretend to be other people.”

“I don't mind getting older. I think it's a privilege.”

“I think I've had a very charmed life. I've been very lucky.”

“I don't really have any regrets. I'm not a regretful person.”

“My life is a series of embarrassing incidents.”