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" I think Peter Jackson and Philippa Boyens have very carefully plotted 'The Hobbit' out so that it does feel like the starting point for 'The Lord of the Rings.' "

Lee Pace

Starting

Feel

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" I left school my senior year to do a play at the Alley Theatre in Houston, Texas. Then while I was doing a play, I auditioned for Juilliard. I got in over the summer, and they told me, 'You have to graduate high school to come here. You don't need the SATs, but you do need to graduate high school.' I finished over the summer through correspondence. "

Lee Pace

School

High School

" I picked up reading late because I grew up dyslexic. When I went to college, a friend who was a big reader got me started on a number of writers, including Hemingway. "

Lee Pace

Reading

College

" If I'm, like, in a grocery store, I don't get recognized that much, but it's like, you know, when someone comes up to me and says, 'Hey, I'm a big 'Pushing Daisies' fan,' you just feel like, 'Oh, wow - you're the one who watched it. So nice to meet you.' "

Lee Pace

Feel

Know

" I am a huge Michael Jackson fan. "

Lee Pace

I Am

Michael Jackson

" I grew up in a house with dogs. We always had dogs. We always had a bunch of dogs, actually. "

" I'd forgotten it's an important thing to give thought to your morality and how you intend to live your life. "

" I grew up in the Middle East. My folks have a very thick, kind of Oklahoma accent; that's where I was born. But we moved to the Middle East right after I was born, so I guess we were surrounded by English people and French people. "

Lee Pace

Oklahoma

Born

" Trust me: if I had something interesting to say about myself, I would. "

Lee Pace

Myself

Interesting

" What I enjoy most about 'The Lord of the Rings' is that extended cut. To be able to sit there on a Sunday afternoon and watch 'The Lord of the Rings' from beginning to end is pretty fun. "

" Not even my excellent training at Juilliard prepared me for my first movie role, where I played a transsexual who falls in love with a military guy in 'Soldier's Girl.' "

Lee Pace

Girl

First

" I had a Commodore, and then I remember getting a Nintendo for Christmas and it being a total game-changer. And the hours that I would spend playing the video game and trying to convince my mother that it was improving my hand-eye coordination. It was a worthy use of time. It made my hand-eye coordination better! "

" It's one of the things I love about my job: it's my job to help a director tell the story, to just be willing to help. "

" I don't really get recognized. "

" A month before graduation I got an off-Broadway job. Then I did some commercials, including one for MCI. You can only see half of me, but it paid well. Thank God for commercials. "

Lee Pace

Thank God

You

" When I was a kid, I played 'Super Mario Bros' and 'Megaman 2' and '3' for hours and hours, trying to convince my mother they were good for me because they helped my hand-eye coordination. They influenced a whole generation of people to make computers what they are now, through problem-solving and so on. "

Lee Pace

Mother

Good

" ' Daisies' is about a guy touching dead people and bringing them back to life. It's kind of morbid, you know. But there's a love to it. There's a kind-heartedness to it that I think makes it - I don't know; it's a good thing to put out there in the world, so I'm glad people responded. "

" I've dated men. I've dated women. I don't know why anyone would care. "