I'm like the universe; either expanding or contracting at any given moment. The most that I had put on was about 35, 36 pounds, and I've taken all of….

I told another ESPN friend here, I love all sports. I can't think of any I don't love. I've even come to appreciate cricket. Maybe I could play a spo….

I definitely loved going on stage, I loved the nervous feeling and the performance and the doing-ness of it. It always felt kind of natural and inevi….

It's in our own lives, every single day, whether we recognize it as funny at the moment or not..

Every day you've got running shoes on, it's a good day..

There is nothing as special as watching greatness..

A perfect run has nothing to do with distance. It's when your stride feels comfortable..

The filmmakers who I'm pining to work for aren't ringing my phone off the hook..

A doable goal for me is to finish a marathon under four hours. I'm doing all the training, but the hardest part is eating right..

I came to feel as protective of Elijah as Sam does of Frodo .. In turn, Elijah helped me discover a lot about myself and I literally might not have s….

It's shocking how sophisticated little kids can be, when it comes to behaving in a professional manner, and that's a credit to their parents..

My wife is very patient. On our honeymoon in 1992, we got a motor home and drove from L.A. to Idaho and then down the coast. I was running a lot, the….

My dad was a Buddhist when I was young. So, at a point when I begging become Catholic he was saying "no" and imparting Buddhist precepts..

The hybrid I have now is one of the least expensive cars I've ever had. I had a BMW 318i convertible once, the ultimate driving machine..

To me there is nothing so admirable as a passionate love-bond between two human begins. Sam loves Frodo and wants to protect him and Frodo is extreme….

I'd never heard of the 'Lord of the Rings', actually. So I went to the bookstore and there it was, three shelves of books about Tolkien and Middle-ea….

I had a couple of experiences as a kid with animals where I hurt them, kind of unintentionally, and when I saw that a human being can hurt an animal ….

I don't want to play the fat guy or the friend for the rest of my life.

It's just fun to be on a movie set and looking to find the comedy in sweet, simple family moments..

I think I've begun to take for granted how easily information can swirl around me..

My career is very easy to interpret. It's about working. I'm a working actor, so that's how I see myself..