90 Quotes by Nick Frost

One of my biggest disappointments is watching the trailer for the second Lord of the Rings film and having Gandalf in it. Why? He died in the first one, why give it away in the trailer just to try and sell 1000 more seats? It’s daft.

My formative years were all about ‘Star Wars’ – the first three, not the last crap, obviously. I understood ‘Star Trek’ but it was too caricatured for me.

My scripts are always heavily noted. If I can take a director to one side and say, “Do you mind if we try this?,” a few days before, that’s usually a better way of doing it then on the day.

Someone once pulled me aside and said it was all right to succeed, and I realised that I knew what failure felt like, but I didn’t know what success felt like. I’ve carried that with me ever since.

I’d be happy doing anything on a film set.

I fall in love with every film while I’m doing it. I fall in love with the directors, I fall in love with the process. I don’t think I could do it otherwise.

I find acting tough, but sitting around chatting – that’s easy.

I would agree ‘Paul’ is a sci-fi genre movie. And a road movie.

I’m so thrilled to have been asked to guest in the Doctor Who Christmas Special, I’m such a fan of the show. The read-through was very difficult for me; I wanted to keep stuffing my fingers into my ears and scream ‘No spoilers!’ Every day on set I’ve had to silence my internal fan-boy squeals!