Elijah Wood Quotes
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As an actor, it's a relatively passive job unless you're generating your own content or writing your own content. So to a certain degree you're at the mercy of what is available, what you're reading, what you become passionate about, and ultimately, what people want to hire you for.
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I just got called Nigel...
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In the absence of love, there is nothing worth fighting for.
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I love romantic comedies. I love romantic movies. I'm kind of a sucker for them, and, sort of end up crying at the end of them all, like a child.
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I think horror comedies tend to skew more comedy than horror, for the most part.
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I'm kind of insane when it comes to music, a little obsessed.
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It was kind of unique and great to have two films coming out within a week. It certainly was a different experience for me.
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I'm always looking for something very different from anything I've done. I'm attracted to a great script, and not necessarily a great character.
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My God! Middle Earth does exist!
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It's a film called 'Bobby,' ... It's about the day that Robert Kennedy was shot at the Ambassador Hotel, and it takes place at the Ambassador. It's essentially about a cross-section of various people from all walks of life, at that hotel on that day, all leading up to his speech and him being assassinated.
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Sometimes my interest in working on a film is not always dictated specifically by the character. Sometimes it's simply about wanting to be a part of a vision that I love, or a script that I love. I find exciting and gratifying.
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The war is definitely in the background, only referred to in radio news blips and conversation. I think, ultimately, this film is about the choices these guys are faced with. In that way, I think this is a more personal story about their friendship, about the reaction that they have when they're essentially faced with death, to a certain degree.
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LOTR' was a landmark experience in my career, ... And it's where I helped to define myself as a human being and as an adult. I went to New Zealand by myself and had my own house and my own car.
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I'm gonna keep it in the fridge. You know. Its a food item.
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The idea of developing something from the ground up and ultimately seeing it through to production and finish it as a film is a really exciting concept and, I imagine, very gratifying.
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So much time is wasted on trying to be better than others.
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Those eyes!' ... I've heard that my whole life. I'm actually quite blind. I wear contacts.
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I never wanted to be in a band because I love music too much to mess it up.
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I credit my mom Debbie for creating a solid family base, ... She gave me a strong sense of reality so I could avoid falling into the normal pitfalls of child actors.
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You've got major artists releasing albums on their own and eschewing the major system. I think that breeds excitement and creativity.
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I definitely don't look my age, ... So I actively look for roles that will help people change their perception of me.
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It's fantastic, are you kidding? To sort of be part of this project from the ground up, from the script form, and then for it to kind of do as well as it did in the States in the festivals, and come here; it's fantastic, it's wonderful.
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In some ways that's more gratifying, it requires more of your own energy and your own input, and everyone's kind of collective energy, and that's...in a way that's more gratifying.
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But everybody there knew 'Lord of the Rings,' ... It's really amazing.