I'm a typically lazy person. It is sort of characteristic of actors.

Its the difference between instinct and intuition.

I am very good with dialects, but the two that I can't do for some reason are the South African and Australian.

And you know, I hate to admit this, but I don't always think in terms of Shakespeare. When I eat, I do. When I'm at a restaurant, I'll think, 'Hmm, what would Macbeth have ordered?'

I was a writer. I just wasn't a very good one. I was lucky enough to have a playwriting teacher who told me that I'd be a better actor than I would a playwright.

Some actors need to be rattled and some need to be focused

I really don't think there is anybody in the business with better eyes than Elijah Wood.