Tolkien didn't just write 'The Hobbit,' he created a whole world.

- Peter Hambleton

Apparently, Stephen Hunter does a fantastic barbecue lamb.

- Peter Hambleton

I love Scotland. Edinburgh is a beautiful city and has a wonderful tradition of supporting the arts.

- Peter Hambleton

Dwarves are very much of the earth and feel connected to the earth; considering gravity, their weight is low, but they're not small.

- Peter Hambleton

The film business has so many twists and turns that it's a miracle any film gets made.

- Peter Hambleton

With Will Shakespeare writing your government's propaganda, you can't go wrong, can you?

- Peter Hambleton

I'm a New Zealand actor, and I really want to be doing our stuff here, and our stuff includes plays from overseas. In terms of survival, maybe I should have taken a shot elsewhere at some point, but it gets back to the same theme - we should have our own people telling our own stories.

- Peter Hambleton

When two kids came along, I couldn't see how I could support them. The way it played out, I was away from the theatre for five years. I was a postie for the first part and then worked as an advertising copywriter, but I somehow found my way back.

- Peter Hambleton