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[Sundance is] giving people a chance - many first-time filmmakers. It carries that weight - if you bring something here, people connect with it and it can launch a career.

Elijah Wood

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Elijah Wood
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: January 28
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I credit my mom Debbie for creating a solid family base, ... She gave me a strong sense of reality so I could avoid falling into the normal pitfalls of child actors.
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A solid base for any comedy is just honesty and truth, and it coming from a real place. As surreal as this show gets and is, ultimately, we're dealing with a character that most can't see the way that I can see it.
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[Macon Blair] wrote a beautiful - once it was kicking off and we were gonna make the movie - he sent me this really beautiful document on Tony [from I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore ]. It was like ruminations. Maybe this ... I don't know ... And I loved it.
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My God! Middle Earth does exist!
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It was kind of unique and great to have two films coming out within a week. It certainly was a different experience for me.
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The guy is a stud with women just following him around wherever he goes. But he is the last one who'll ask anyone to do anything for him. He'd rather just go do it himself.
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So much time is wasted on trying to be better than others.
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I think being different, going against the grain of society is the greatest thing in the world.
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I initially thought it was going to feel weird to be [on Sundance] while [the marches against now-President Donald Trump] was happening. And feel disconnected in that way that feels irresponsible. But the other side of it is that there are people here who believe the right things that are trying to make a difference with art.
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On a superficial level, I like girls with dark hair - I'm a sucker for that.
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Dream the impossible because dreams do come true.
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You've got major artists releasing albums on their own and eschewing the major system. I think that breeds excitement and creativity.
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Our bad memories and our bad experiences are what make us who we are and what make us grow and allow us to learn, if we choose to see the lessons in those experiences.
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I definitely felt the pressure I wanted to live up to all of the expectations.
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The other main difference between film and television is that you have the opportunity to flush out a character, over a longer period of time. Whereas with a film, you're confined to two or three hours, or whatever it may be.
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I've always had a sense of groundedness as a person. I think that's helped me. My mother sort of beat into me the notion of humility, and I think my focus has always been on the right things or the things that I'm passionate about, which is just simply the work.
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It feels kind of good to be [on Sundance]. There is a sense of unification and community and voices rising together, and that all feels good.
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