We made a promise to ourselves at the beginning of the process that we weren`t going to put any of our own politics, our own messages or our own themes into these movies. What we were trying to do was to analyze what was important to Tolkien and to try to...
Peter Jackson
I am encouraged by the theatricality of [J.R.R. Tolkien`s] readings - full of rhythm and humor and characterization. Without question Gandalf is like Tolkien but then so, I suspected, are Frodo and Aragorn.
Ian McKellen
I am encouraged by the theatricality of [J.R.R. Tolkien`s] readings - full of rhythm and humor and characterization. Without question Gandalf is like Tolkien but then so, I suspected, are Frodo and Aragorn.
Ian McKellen
[on turning down the role of Gandolf in the first "Lord of the Rings" film] I had never read [J.R.R. Tolkien], and I didn`t understand the script when they sent it to me. Bobbits? Hobbits?
Sean Connery
I`d never heard of the "Lord of the Rings", actually. So I went to the bookstore and there it was, three shelves of books about Tolkien and Middle-earth, and I was like, "Holy cow, what else am I missing out on?"
Sean Astin
When you succeed at creating your own world, whether it`s in any realm - like Tolkien was able to do - and people are able to enter that world, it`s a special thing.
David Selby
We made a promise to ourselves at the beginning of the process that we weren`t going to put any of our own politics, our own messages or our own themes into these movies. What we were trying to do was to analyze what was important to Tolkien and to try to...
Peter Jackson
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