But you talk to most filmmakers and it is six, seven, eight years trying to get things off the ground. It is incredible really.
BILLY BOYDIn fact, I’m trying to think – what else would you rather do, you know? I can’t actually think of another job that I’d rather do.
More Billy Boyd Quotes
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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 I dip in and out of it.
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People are scared to make something that doesn’t look like another film that made a lot of money. It means we get ‘Four Weddings And A Funeral’ made again and again.
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I like people like Ani DiFranco, a band called Elbow, of course John Lennon, George Harrison, Barry White. I have a lot of different influences and hopefully they all come together and make some sense.
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I think Scotland has some great stories.
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He [Viggo Mortensen] was standing behind the camera throwing the apples … And I’ve never seen him so happy.
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For me, what makes great actors, always is how truthful they are to the character and the story and the emotion that they’re trying to tell.
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Hobbits are a lot like Scots. It’s all about nature and enjoying their land, which is a very Scottish thing.
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In fact, I’m trying to think – what else would you rather do, you know? I can’t actually think of another job that I’d rather do.
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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.
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I was probably about fourteen I think, and probably like every boy who’s fourteen that writes a song, it was about a girl. It was about a girl who I really liked, but she didn’t like me as much as I liked her. I think most guys go through that.
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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 in Lord of the Rings…
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I think I have a gift… but I haven’t really opened that gift yet and given it to myself.
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The club thing is a world people can associate with, letting your hair down at the weekend.
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Acting, music, painting… it’s very subjective. So what I might think is a great actor, you might think is not a very good actor at all.
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Sometimes the songs you think will be best don’t turn out to be best.
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