Chris Hemsworth

I hadn't read comics really before coming in to shooting the original 'Thor.' During that and beforehand, I read stacks and got my head around it all. We reference, especially when we were putting the script together before we started shooting, other stories.

Growing up, my parents were my heroes, in the way they conducted their lives.

Growing up I always loved films that transport you to another world and has things you never see in every day life.

Strong female leads are important.

The more conflict and contrast you have with a character makes it more interesting.

Sometimes there is more exploration in the character for a villain.

I have sporadic OCD cleaning moments around the house. But then I get lazy and I'm cured. It's a very inconsistent personality trait.

People who put themselves on the line and sacrifice their own safety for the greater good and for others, and anyone in any profession whose concern is the welfare for other people instead of the individual, are inspiring and important.

As a kid, you run around the house pretending to be a superhero, and now to be doing it as a job, I feel very lucky.

I get to stay active and that is my job at the moment, so I can't complain.

My earliest memories were on the cattle stations up in the Outback. And then we moved back to Melbourne and then back out there and then back again. Probably my most vivid memories were up there in Bulman with crocodiles and buffalo.

I was a chatty kid.