Quotes from Lee Pace

It is a total treat to get to work with James Cromwell.

It's one of the things I love about my job: it's my job to help a director tell the story, to just be willing to help.

I tried surfing once in Brazil, but I'm kind of clumsy.

It's totally fun to play troublemakers - totally.

Trust me: if I had something interesting to say about myself, I would.

I am a huge Michael Jackson fan.

When you play the king of elves and alien warlords, little me is very uninteresting. But, at the same time, actors feel this obligation to be transparent, and I truly don't understand the point.

I think Peter Jackson and Philippa Boyens have very carefully plotted 'The Hobbit' out so that it does feel like the starting point for 'The Lord of the Rings.'

A month before graduation I got an off-Broadway job. Then I did some commercials, including one for MCI. You can only see half of me, but it paid well. Thank God for commercials.

It's the writers' job to make it positive. It's my job to make it real.

I love that you work out relationships with people as you're filming just to get something real to play on screen.

The roles I think about and can't stop thinking about - on the subway, when I'm riding my bike, when I'm running - are the things I connect to.

With TV, you have so much to get done during the day that you don't really have a lot of time to feel your way through it. I know before I walk on the set exactly what I'm going to do. With film you can kind of find your way in it a little more, play with it some.