Billy Boyd
Billy Boyd
Billy Boydis a Scottish actor and singer. He played Peregrin "Pippin" Took in Peter Jackson's epic film trilogy The Lord of the Rings, Barret Bonden in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, and Glen in Seed of Chucky...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth28 August 1968
CityGlasgow, Scotland
america scotland homesick
After I've been in America for a while, I get homesick for Scotland.
country school evil
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.
beach thinking venice
I loved going surfing down on Venice Beach. Id go out with a board under my arm and think, I cant do that in Cranhill.
girl song writing
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.
thinking scotland stories
I think Scotland has some great stories.
apples cameras throwing
He [Viggo Mortensen] was standing behind the camera throwing the apples … And I’ve never seen him so happy.
goodbye song army
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 Battle of the Five Armies—it was a song to say goodbye to Middle-earth.
writing winning thinking
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.
thinking hair looks
I think the ears are a strange look for me. Quite big. But I loved the hair down to my shoulders. It felt right. I'm thinking of letting my hair go.
mean people funeral
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.
thinking ethos bigger
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.
armageddon excited coming-back
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.
land scottish scots
Hobbits are a lot like Scots. It’s all about nature and enjoying their land, which is a very Scottish thing
jobs character thinking
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.