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
arm board surfing
I loved going surfing down on Venice Beach. I'd go out with a board under my arm and think, 'I can't do that in Cranhill.'
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.
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.
excited love matter movies people
People love the movies and they just get excited when they see someone from them, no matter who it is. It's always positive.
age love work
Then there are actors my age like Ethan Hawke, he's in 'Moby Dick,' I love his work. I've been lucky. Alfred Molina, he has real class.
characters job main rather trying
To play one of the main characters in it, it's not like 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.
forward looking love
I love being in Scotland. I'm looking forward to getting back and having a pint. . . .
song thinking sometimes
Sometimes the songs you think will be best don't turn out to be best.
white people together
I like people like Ani DiFranco, a band called Elbow, of course John Lennon, George Harrison, Barry White. I have a lot of different influences and hopefully they all come together and make some sense.
character trying stories
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.
thinking scotland stories
I think Scotland has some great stories.
years eight trying
But you talk to most filmmakers and it is six, seven, eight years trying to get things off the ground. It is incredible really.
thinking given havens
I think I have a gift, but I haven't really opened that gift yet and given it to myself.
sleep habit whistling
My worst habit is whistling while I sleep.