Elijah Wood
Elijah Wood
Elijah Jordan Woodis an American actor, film producer and DJ. He made his film debut with a minor part in Back to the Future Part II. Landing a succession of larger roles, he was critically acclaimed as a child actor by age 9, being nominated for several Young Artist Awards. As a child, he starred in the films Radio Flyer, The Good Son, North, and Flipper...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth28 January 1981
CityCedar Rapids, IA
CountryUnited States of America
Dream the impossible because dreams do come true.
This festival is amazing. I've wanted to come here for so long, and to be here for just a night is torture.
I think there were a few things that really interested me. One was that I didn't know a lot about hooligan culture. I'd heard of football violence but I didn't quite understand how intense it really is, how organized it is, and more importantly, how these people aren't necessarily criminals or thugs in their daily life. They almost have this sort of double life. They're people with families and some of them have relatively good jobs. That fascinated me. And also the opportunity of being able to take a character from that kind of relatively innocent place to essentially making him a hooligan was very attractive to me. To explore a darker side of humanity that I'd not really explored in film before just as an actor was an interesting challenge.
I talk to Dom all the time, but he still won't tell me any of the good plot twists for next season's 'Lost.'
It had a profound impact on me as a human being, and I did a lot of growing within that, so that will always be a defining moment in my life, a defining time.
He had a very clear vision of what he wanted to do artistically, visually, ... I wanted to be part of that vision. It seemed so beautiful and interesting.
That's all right. You can call me Frodo. Go on, Dave, it's okay.
I really have the greatest time at these events because I am a fan first, I am a gamer, I am a film fan and a horror buff, so I am here as a fan as well as a kind of featured guest.
I'm scared to death of doing it, because I love him (Iggy Pop) so much and I respect the music so much. I don't want to be the person responsible for screwing that up.
Not just a benchmark in my career, but a benchmark in my life,
In some ways that's more gratifying, it requires more of your own energy and your own input, and everyone's kind of collective energy, and that's...in a way that's more gratifying.
I definitely don't look my age, ... So I actively look for roles that will help people change their perception of me.
He's kind of this empty vessel of a character, ... His awkward sensibilities, his neuroses, I loved those things. . . .
I do think there was an active choice to do something small, as simple as it may sound, just so I didn't have to work on something for 16 months. The idea of two months, nice and contained, just about character, and no time in makeup was a thrill to me.