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. The innocent on a quest, the pretender, an inanimate object that holds evil - it's really strange that these themes are there in so many different countries' folklore.
Sometimes the songs you think will be best don't turn out to be best. - Billy Boyd
Sometimes the songs you think will be best don't turn out to be best.
- Billy Boyd
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 Boyd
But you talk to most filmmakers and it is six, seven, eight years trying to get things off the ground. It is incredible really.
I think all art is subjective - that whoever's watching it or listening to it will decide whether it's good or bad. - Billy Boyd
I think all art is subjective - that whoever's watching it or listening to it will decide whether it's good or bad.
He [Viggo Mortensen] was standing behind the camera throwing the apples … And I’ve never seen him so happy. - Billy Boyd
He [Viggo Mortensen] was standing behind the camera throwing the apples … And I’ve never seen him so happy.
Strangely enough, the first time I tried to read [The Lord of the Rings] I was on holiday in Florida. I dropped it in the pool my first day there. If… - Billy Boyd
Strangely enough, the first time I tried to read [The Lord of the Rings] I was on holiday in Florida. I dropped it in the pool my first day there. If…
I think once you get it in your head, that you're not going to do anything bigger, you just do things that you enjoy, which has always been my ethos … - Billy Boyd
I think once you get it in your head, that you're not going to do anything bigger, you just do things that you enjoy, which has always been my ethos …
A lot of ideas took us to dead ends or we found the tone wasn’t just right. I think we discovered very quickly this wasn’t just a song to end The Bat… - Billy Boyd
A lot of ideas took us to dead ends or we found the tone wasn’t just right. I think we discovered very quickly this wasn’t just a song to end The Bat…
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. - Billy Boyd
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.
I'm so pleased that I'm coming back to Armageddon, just to meet everyone. I'm very excited about doing it, I've heard great things about Armageddon a… - Billy Boyd
I'm so pleased that I'm coming back to Armageddon, just to meet everyone. I'm very excited about doing it, I've heard great things about Armageddon a…
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