I wasn't into Tolkien at school really. But the story is timeless, the themes that it touches on are contained in cultures all around the world. The innocent on a quest, the pretender, an inanimate object that holds evil -… — Billy Boyd Copy Share Image
Strangely enough, the first time I tried to read [The Lord of the Rings] I was on holiday in Florida. I dropped it in the pool my first day there. If that's not a Pippin thing to do, I don't… — Billy Boyd Copy Share Image
Hobbits are a lot like Scots. It’s all about nature and enjoying their land, which is a very Scottish thing — Billy Boyd Copy Share Image
Then there are actors my age like Ethan Hawke, he's in 'Moby Dick,' I love his work. I've been lucky. Alfred Molina, he has… — Billy Boyd Copy Share Image
I wasn't into Tolkien at school really. But the story is timeless, the themes that it touches on are contained in cultures all around… — Billy Boyd Copy Share Image
I loved going surfing down on Venice Beach. I'd go out with a board under my arm and think, 'I can't do that in… — Billy Boyd Copy Share Image
A lot of ideas took us to dead ends or we found the tone wasn’t just right. I think we discovered very quickly this… — Billy Boyd Copy Share Image
Strangely enough, the first time I tried to read [The Lord of the Rings] I was on holiday in Florida. I dropped it in… — Billy Boyd Copy Share Image
The club thing is a world people can associate with, letting your hair down at the weekend. — Billy Boyd Copy Share Image
Life in LA is not lying in the sun for months. It is having a 4pm meeting and leaving at noon to sit in… — Billy Boyd Copy Share Image
I'd be lying if I said it wasn't fun to go to these nights out, like the opening of a film or something, but… — Billy Boyd Copy Share Image
I think the ears are a strange look for me. Quite big. But I loved the hair down to my shoulders. It felt right.… — Billy Boyd Copy Share Image
I loved going surfing down on Venice Beach. Id go out with a board under my arm and think, I cant do that in… — Billy Boyd Copy Share Image
I think I have a gift, but I haven't really opened that gift yet and given it to myself. — Billy Boyd Copy Share Image
To play one of the main characters in it, it's not the kind of thing you don't do. Oh, I'd rather not play Pippin… — Billy Boyd Copy Share Image
I'd like to win a Booker Prize for writing. A Nobel Peace Prize for my work in peace... and I think that'll probably do. — Billy Boyd Copy Share Image
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