He is a Christian, and believes charity begins at home. And often it remains there.

It's all very well to say beauty is under the skin, or in the eye of the beholder, but no-one would say no to being prettier if they had the chance, so it is all rot.

Places ain't home. People is. Bricks and chairs is nothing.

That is the problem with being twelve. All the grown-ups think they have a right to know your business.

I have seen worse things than ghosts, and if one were to appear to me, I should have so many questions to ask of it that it would have no time to groan and moan and shake its chains.

Because of a great love, one is courageous.

Trying to get prosperity through laying of hands is running after shadows

You can do what you will: but at each given moment of your life you can will only one determined thing and by no means anything other than this one.

If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.

Oh, for Christ's sake,' I hear. 'Can we please just try to have a good time?' This is like ordering someone to find you attractive, and it doesn't work. I've tried it.

I'm not a debater. I get things done.

Justice for some people is an evil for others. Good intentions, kindness, and hope will not necessarily make people happy.

You have to make peace with yourself. The key is to find the harmony in what you have.

To get an Oscar would be an incredible moment in my career, there is no doubt about that. But the Lord of the Rings films are not made for Oscars, they are made for the audience.