Sometimes I envy people who can be only half crazy with one foot in the passion and one foot in the real world. But that's not me. I dive into the total crazy experience. That's the only way to travel.

I always enjoyed politics. I worked at the White House recently primarily for the First Lady. Because of my experience running my travel agency I was in charge of the files she kept on the Travel Office.

The thing I love about being an actor is the ability to travel and experience new cultures.

So it allows me to travel I'll be doing that and running these great rivers and doing what I've done in the past without much purpose other than for the experience.

I got the travel bug when I was quite young. My parents took me and my sisters out of school and we travelled all over Europe. It was an eye-opening experience and although I love Norway I also enjoy visiting new countries. I don't get homesick.

The more you travel the better you get at it. It sounds silly but with experience you learn how to pack the right way. I remember one of my first trips abroad travelling around Europe by rail fresh out of high school. I brought all these books with me and a paint set. I really had too much stuff so I've learnt to be more economical.

But today we become aware of other readings of the human experience very quickly because of the media and the speed with which people travel the planet.

I have gotten to travel the world and experience all these incredible things thanks to my career.

It's important to travel and move and have a continual set of experiences so you've got more to feed back into your work. For me it's a natural thing.

The trouble with travelling back later on is that you can never repeat the same experience.