Billy Boyd Professions : Actor Born : August 28, 1968 Browse All Authors Top 30 quotes by Billy Boyd Rather than thinking, 'If I do this, and in five years I'll be where I want to be,' you're better just doing something that makes you happy now. Billy Boyd want years thinking 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 that's not a Pippin thing to do, I don't know what is. Billy Boyd florida holiday firsts Hobbits are a lot like Scots. It’s all about nature and enjoying their land, which is a very Scottish thing. Billy Boyd scots scottish land I'd like to win a Booker Prize for writing. A Nobel Peace Prize for my work in peace... and I think that'll probably do. Billy Boyd winning writing thinking 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. Billy Boyd funeral mean people 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 eight trying years He [Viggo Mortensen] was standing behind the camera throwing the apples … And I’ve never seen him so happy. Billy Boyd throwing apples cameras 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 and I'm just really excited to get there. Billy Boyd armageddon excited coming-back 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 anyway. Billy Boyd ethos bigger thinking 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. Billy Boyd fun night lying The club thing is a world people can associate with, letting your hair down at the weekend. Billy Boyd weekend hair people 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. Billy Boyd actors acting thinking I think Scotland has some great stories. Billy Boyd scotland stories thinking I think I have a gift... but I haven't really opened that gift yet and given it to myself. Billy Boyd given havens thinking 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. Billy Boyd evil country school 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 listening art thinking In fact, Russell Crowe once phoned me up to see if I wanted to go to a party but I had to bring my guitar and perform Oh Jean. Billy Boyd guitar party facts Life in LA is not lying in the sun for months. It is having a 4pm meeting and leaving at noon to sit in traffic for four hours. Its not glam. Billy Boyd noon leaving lying 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... 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. Billy Boyd jobs character thinking 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 stories trying character Similar Authors Ian Mckellen actor Adhir Kalyan actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje actor Bert Lahr actor Alan Arkin actor Alan Alda actor All Authors
