I'd Be Lying If I Said It

I Was Probably About Fourteen I Think, And Probably Like Every Boy Who's Fourteen That Writes A Song, It Was About A Girl. It Was About A Girl Who I Really Liked, But She Didn't Like Me As Much As I Liked Her. I Think Most Guys Go Through That.

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.

After I've Been In America For A While, I Get Homesick For Scotland.

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.

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.