Elijah Wood Quotes
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When I work, I disappear into work, which I like to do, and sometimes I don't really have a choice. It's not a conscious thing. It's just total devotion to what I'm doing.
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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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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'm kind of insane when it comes to music, a little obsessed.
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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 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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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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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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I'm gonna keep it in the fridge. You know. Its a food item.
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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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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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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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So much time is wasted on trying to be better than others.
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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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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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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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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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Those eyes!' ... I've heard that my whole life. I'm actually quite blind. I wear contacts.
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But everybody there knew 'Lord of the Rings,' ... It's really amazing.
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I don't know that I necessarily feel more comfortable in the context of smaller films, but I tend to feel more comfortable more often than not with the material of smaller films.
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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.