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.

Hobbits are a lot like Scots. It’s all about nature and enjoying their land, which is a very Scottish thing.

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.

Acting, music, painting... it's very subjective. So what I might think is a great actor, you might think is not a very good actor at all.

The club thing is a world people can associate with, letting your hair down at the weekend.

For me, what makes great actors, always is how truthful they are to the character and the story and the emotion that they're trying to tell.

I like people like Ani DiFranco, a band called Elbow, of course John Lennon, George Harrison, Barry White. I have a lot of different influences and hopefully they all come together and make some sense.