"Aged nine, I had this girlfriend, and
we used to have running races in the park to see who would
be her boyfriend for the day. I wanted to be like Superman
and fly in and rescue her. Once I realised Superman was an
actor, I thought, 'That's for me.'"
"Vig used to call me 'elf boy,' and I'd call him 'filthy
human.' As an Elf, I never got a scratch on me, never got
dirty. And Vig would come out with blood and sweat all over
him. And he'd say to me, 'Oh, go manicure your nails.'"
"We have these digs at each other. Viggo will go on
about Elves and how they're always doing their nails and brushing
their long, blonde hair, and being all prissy. And I just
say: Well, at least I'm going to live forever! Got that? LIVE
FOREVER!"
"You have to be quite serious about tattoos [because]
they're there forever."
"I broke my back. I fell out of a window... some friends
had a roof terrace on the landing before their apartment,
and I fell off the drain pipe. It gave way, actually, and
I fell three floors. I was told I might not walk again. So,
for about four days,I was contemplating that as a serious
part of reality. Then they operated, and I walked out of the
hospital in about twelve days."
"For a young actor like me to have the oportunity
to work with the genre of actors and directors on 'Lord Of
The Rings' is unbelievable. There was no, should I should
I not. It was like, where do I sign up! It was just bonkers.
It was like here, have a life."
On his 2002 Empire Award: "I think my mum will have
[my award] in pride of place somewhere beside my grandmother
on the mantelpiece."
On being in love in general: "I'm in love with love.
It's heavenly when you're falling for someone and you can't
stop thinking about her."
"I did send a girl a plane ticket, asking her for a
visit, I guess that's quite romantic."
"The girls have got a bit excited. I spoke to my agent
and she says she's wading through the fan mail. We've got
bags of it. I'm like, 'OK, well, what do we do with that,
then?' And she explains that we're sending them pictures and
stuff, which is great."
"It was like a drama school of its own, being on set.
Peter [Jackson] is a genius. Ian McKellen is the greatest
theatre actor in Britain. He's somebody I look at and say,
'That's what I would like to do.' I had studied videos of
his performances, so it was bizarre to be thrown into an environment
with him."
"It's a bit strange to be included in those
sexiest people polls and all that sort of thing. I don't really
even know who I'm up against!"
"The thing with Ridley [Scott] is he's been doing this
forever, he knows what it is he wants and how to get it. There's
absolutely no messing around on set. Having said that, he's
very accessible to actors, very open to what you want to do
and willing to talk about it. He casts people who he feels
are going to bring something to the role and allows them to
take care of the situation, to do what it is that they do."
"I'm quite sensitive to women. I saw how my sister got
treated by boyfriends. I read this thing that said when you
are in a relationship with a woman, imagine how you would
feel if you were her father. That's been my approach, for
the most part."
"Theatre is something that I feel very important for
an actor to keep doing. I think it keeps you sharp. But at
the moment I'm intrigued with movies and filmmaking. It hasn't
lured me away from theatre, but I'm just going to try to ride
this wave and then jump onto another and see how far it takes
me."
|
