Sometimes the songs you think will be best don't turn out to be best.

I loved going surfing down on Venice Beach. Id go out with a board under my arm and think, I cant do that in Cranhill.

But you talk to most filmmakers and it is six, seven, eight years trying to get things off the ground. It is incredible really.

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

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.

My worst habit is whistling while I sleep.

To play one of the main characters in it, it's not the kind of thing you don't do. Oh, I'd rather not play Pippin in Lord of the Rings... In fact, I'm trying to think - what else would you rather do, you know? I can't actually think of another job that I'd rather do.