Action Quote by Christopher Tolkien

I think of the 'Hobbit' films as being films for the family.

— Evangeline Lilly

I think of 'The Hobbit' as more like a boy's own film, like those annuals from the 1930s and 1940s.

— Mark Hadlow

The whole atmosphere of the book, the tone of 'The Hobbit,' is of a kid's adventure story, told in the first person by Tolkien,…

— Ian Mckellen

As a first movie, 'The Hobbit' is not a bad place to start.

— Adam Brown

“children were still young of inventing and telling orally, sometimes of writing down, ‘children’s stories’ for their private amusement… The Hobbit was intended to…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

Oh, so it's a little like 'The Hobbit.'

— Rachel Green

If you take 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings' as books, one is written for children, and one is an adult's book.

— Peter Jackson

They gutted the book, making an action movie for 15-25 year olds. Tolkien became...devoured by his popularity and absorbed by the absurdity of the…

— Christopher Tolkien

I think Peter Jackson and Philippa Boyens have very carefully plotted 'The Hobbit' out so that it does feel like the starting point for…

— Lee Pace

To make three films out of one shortish book, they have to turn it into an epic, just as 'Lord of the Rings' is…

— John Lanchester

In the same way 'Lord of the Rings' was an interpretation of the book, 'The Hobbit' is being treated the same way. It will…

— Andy Serkis

People think, 'Oh, well how can 'The Hobbit,' which is one book, become three films?' But you can take one line from an appendice…

— Andy Serkis