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
thinking acting scripts
I really like acting but, just now, the more I read a script I find myself thinking I'd like to direct rather than act.
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.
fun lying night
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.
holiday florida firsts
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.
thinking years want
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.
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.
changed half living year zealand
As a person, living in New Zealand for a year and a half has changed me as well. In some ways, I feel Hobbit-y , you know?
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.
stone storyboard took worked
Nothing was ever set in stone and we have very much worked from a storyboard as the idea took shape.
achieve anyone delighted discover discovery exciting future growing help involved massively scotland
I'm delighted to be involved with Discovery. For anyone growing up in Scotland who ever thought about a future in the massively exciting world of film, this is the place to discover the opportunities that are out there to help you achieve it.
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.