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" The filmmakers who I'm pining to work for aren't ringing my phone off the hook. "

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" By 14, I had decided on three modest goals and repeated them often to everyone. I wanted to be a world-class filmmaker, CEO of a multi-billion-dollar entertainment company, and president of the United States. I've had to settle for journeyman actor. "

" I'm much more prone to feeling down a lot. I just feel sluggish and unmotivated. "

" I think I've begun to take for granted how easily information can swirl around me. "

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" I kind of peak at how far I can push my body, and then I run out of determination for the habit and start easing off. It's really just a lack of focus and discipline. "

" There was a combination of not wanting to look a gift horse in the mouth, but also really not wanting to be stuck in Lord of the Rings for the rest of my life, and being desperate to kind of make sure that I could do something else with my life. "

" The hybrid I have now is one of the least expensive cars I've ever had. I had a BMW 318i convertible once, the ultimate driving machine. "

" I'm just a softie at heart, a scaredy cat. "

" I used to love watching Angela Lansbury and other people when they were doing voice-overs for Disney shows. You'd see them doing these wild gestures in front of the microphone. I used to think, 'Is that really necessary?' What you realize when you're doing it is that that's the only way. "

" I'm not smart enough to play 'Dungeons & Dragons.' Maybe if someone were to take me by the hand and slowly and carefully walk me through. "

" I definitely loved going on stage, I loved the nervous feeling and the performance and the doing-ness of it. It always felt kind of natural and inevitable and logical. "

" A perfect run has nothing to do with distance. It's when your stride feels comfortable. "

" My diet is always terrible, unfortunately. I don't know moderation. "

" The first stage I preformed on were the stairs to the hallway in the living room. There was a really nice platform, and when people were sitting in the living room, it was kind of an elevated platform and we would put on shows and skits. "

" You can't play a hobbit if you're not prepared to be a part of nerd culture. "

" If you're not the guy who is going to puff your chest out like a rooster and go fight somebody, our society discards you. "

" A paparazzo once jumped out of a car and started running backward with me. I slowed down out of courtesy because she started drifting into the street. I reached out my hand and moved her back so she didn't get hit by a bus. "

" I first heard about 'Stranger Things' from people dressed as the characters coming up to me at conventions saying, 'Hey, you have to see this show. It's 'Goonies.' "

" 'Lord of the Rings' was 2001, 2002, and 2003, but Twitter didn't start until 2007! "

" The sidekick business has been good to me. "

" When Trump goes after the media and calls it fake news, he should be impeached - and everyone should say this. But the media lives in fear. "

" I think that I have a seriousness of purpose, a lot of support, and a healthy amount of good fortune. "

" There is nothing as special as watching greatness. "

" I actually think I've got a pretty good horror scream. "

" I absolutely do not think that I have even a vague recollection of what normal life is like. "

" I think people enjoy reading about money, but the people who are in charge of giving me guidance tell me not to talk about it in interviews. Why not? That's what everybody thinks about. "

" I'm like the universe; either expanding or contracting at any given moment. The most that I had put on was about 35, 36 pounds, and I've taken all of that off. "

" 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?' "

" My dad was a Buddhist when I was young, so when I was begging to become a Catholic, he was saying no and imparting Buddhist precepts. "

" I've got a body of work now, I've been doing movies for 32 years, and you never know which movie it is that somebody might reference to you, so you've got to be ready for everything. "