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 "Hobbit Talk" continued from previous page. Q: If it hadn't worked you could have ripped yourselves apart...
Dom: There'd be times when someone would
get tired and lose their temper, but we
Billy: I need a hug! Dom: Not now!
Billy: The great thing was: if there was
any danger of losing it, you really only had to remind yourself that you
were making The Lord of the Rings and that was enough to make
Q: Which could be enough to terrify you out of your wits! Billy: That's true! In fact, for the first three months, I couldn't think about it, every time I did I'd just pass out! Dom: Fall down, flat on his face, he would! Billy: One time, in a cactus!
Dom: It was like an 'Itchy & Scratchy'
cartoon on The Simpsons! Personally, I think it's too dangerous
to keep thinking about the future. I'm all about living for the moment
and
Billy: I think if you're lucky enough
to have a choice in life then you have to choose what you feel, in your guts,
is right for you at the time... This film, this experience, was right for
me - for us! There's one day that sticks in my mind: we were on Mount
Cook - this incredibly beautiful place where, because of environmental rules,
people normally aren't allowed... There was just the Fellowship and a very
small crew and I remember sitting, eating lunch and looking
Dom: I'm the same as Bill- Billy: Are you, really? Well, I'm tired and I could do with a bath...I stink! Dom: That's true! You do! You stink of elderberries and wizards!
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became such good friends that we got to know when someone
was at breaking-point and whether they needed a night out or just a good
night's sleep, whether they needed to be left alone or given a hug-
you focus: knowing
that you are making this movie and that's going to be seen by
generations...
being in the now... If you plan
too much it's boring simply because you know what's coming up next. I
always want to be interested in what's happening; I want things to
surprise me.
over and seeing Aragorn, Frodo, Sam, Merry and these other
characters that I'd read about in a book and there they all were - and I
was one of them...
