--- title: "3 Philippa Boyens Quotes - Famous Screenwriter" description: "New Zealand screenwriter... | Philippa Jane Boyens is a New Zealand screenwriter who co-wrote the screenplay for The Lord of the Rings series, King Kong..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/213/philippa-boyens-78077_about_it-is-hard-to-go-back-into-a-world-that_1615067.jpg" --- # Philippa Boyens (1961) Screenwriter **3** quotes in **39** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Philippa Boyens is a screenwriter. ## Quick Facts About Philippa Boyens Born November 30, 1961 Profession Screenwriter ## About Philippa Boyens New Zealand screenwriter... \| Philippa Jane Boyens is a New Zealand screenwriter who co-wrote the screenplay for The Lord of the Rings series, King Kong, The Lovely Bones, and the three-part film series The Hobbit. ## Quotes by Philippa Boyens > [It is hard to go back into a world that has already been explored, so to speak. And the fans are very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippa-boyens/it-is-hard-to-go-back-into-a-world-that-has-already-been-explored-so/) Philippa Boyens [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/213/philippa-boyens-78077_about_it-is-hard-to-go-back-into-a-world-that_1615067.jpg) > [“Frodo: I wish the Ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened. Gandalf: So do all who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippa-boyens/frodo-i-wish-the-ring-had-never-come-to-me-i-wish-none-of-this-had/) Philippa Boyens [Film-script](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film-script/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f04/philippa-boyens-78077_film-script_frodo-i-wish-the-ring-had-never-come-to_2745653.jpg) > [As a screenwriter, you have to let go, and you have to hand your baby over and let it go off into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippa-boyens/as-a-screenwriter-you-have-to-let-go-and-you-have-to-hand-your-baby/) Philippa Boyens [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1d/philippa-boyens-78077_appropriate_as-a-screenwriter-you-have-to-let-go-and_3185886.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippa-boyens/#itemlist", "name": "Philippa Boyens Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is hard to go back into a world that has already been explored, so to speak. 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