Famous Bilbo Quotes

I get a lot of fan mail addressed to Bilbo and sometimes Sir Bilbo - it's hardly ever addressed to Ian Holm, in fact. My business manager drafts the replies, and then I pop in to the office and sign them, 'Bilbo!' ~ Ian Holm

I love Bilbo Baggins. I relate really well to Bilbo! ~ Peter Jackson

Then Bilbo remembered his ring! "Well I'm blessed!" said he. "This invisibility has its drawbacks after all. Otherwise I suppose I might have spent a warm and comfortable night in bed! ~ J.R.R. Tolkien

From then on, it was even twistier B-roads through a country so photgenically rural that I half expected to meet Bilbo Baggins around the next corner - providing he'd taken to driving a Nissan Micra. ~ Ben Aaronovitch

After some while Bilbo became impatient. "Well, what is it?" he said. "The answer's not a kettle boiling over, as you seem to think by the noise you are making. ~ J.R.R. Tolkien

He took off," Bilbo said. "Like you said he would. Caught a cab outside the lobby." "You get the cab number?" "And the license," Bilbo said, and told him both. ~ Joe Hill

I don't want to be famous for being famous. ~ Kelli O'Hara

A famous person to themselves, they don't get up in the morning and think, I'm famous. I'm not famous to me. Famous is a perception. ~ Van Morrison

But - ," said Bilbo. "No time for it," said the wizard. "But - ," said Bilbo again. "No time for that either! Off you go! ~ J.R.R. Tolkien

The problem for us, as viewers, is that we want famous people who are passionate about the things they're famous for, because that makes them worthy of the attention. But I think many of those famous people just want to be famous. ~ Bo Burnham

That leaves you just ten minutes. You will have to run," said Gandalf. "But - ," said Bilbo. "No time for it," said the wizard. "But - ," said Bilbo again. "No time for that either! Off you go!" To ~ J.R.R. Tolkien

Being famous as a writer is like being famous in a village. It's not really any very heady fame. ~ Peter Carey

Be a famous musician. Be a famous act or. Be a famous write r. Be a famous basketball player. Be famous. ~ Dallas Clayton

I never wanted to be famous. I want to be more famous than I am so I can get the roles. I hate losing the roles. I was famous more for being around people who were famous, and I hate that kind of fame. ~ Johnathon Schaech

Suddenly Bilbo looked up. 'Ah, there you are at last, Dunadan!' he cried... 'Where have you been, my friend? Why weren't you at the feast? The Lady Arwen was there.'

Strider looked down at Bilbo gravely. 'I know,' he said. 'But often I must put mirth aside... ~ J.R.R. Tolkien

If you're famous, you suck, just for being famous. People in England totally get that; Americans don't. ~ Trey Parker

Perhaps one day even I will be famous. Perhaps more famous than you."
"I doubt it. ~ Madeline Miller

I can't see any value in being a celebrity, famous for being famous. ~ Noomi Rapace

Having bodyguards is just part of being famous, I think. ~ Dolph Lundgren

You take after Bilbo,' said Gandalf. 'There is more about you than meets the eye, as I said of him long ago.' Frodo wondered if the remark meant more than it said ~ J.R.R. Tolkien

There is this power that comes with being famous. ~ Rod Stewart

Some believe it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. It is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love. Why Bilbo Baggins? Perhaps because I am afraid, and he gives me courage. ~ J.R.R. Tolkien

There's a tendency, when the offspring of a famous person does something notable, to define them by their more-famous parent. ~ Rachel Sklar

I've had to deal, a lot, with my own sense of intimidation at meeting famous people - especially actors, but really any famous people. ~ Charlie Kaufman

I can't imagine wanting to be famous just for the sake of being famous. I think fame should come along with success, talent. ~ Kat Dennings

Everybody want famous, like me to be a famous director. ~ Andrew Lau

The idea of being famous is a lot better than the reality. ~ Tom Felton

It was never about winning medals or being famous. ~ Nancy Kerrigan

When you become famous, being famous becomes your profession. ~ James Carville

Being famous is not something that would make me feel successful - unless one was striving for mediocrity. ~ William Hurt

People don't get through to the essence of you right away - it's always the famous 'girl' or the famous 'girlfriend'. I'd rather be known for myself. ~ Vanessa Paradis

I absolutely loved being famous. It was all great, up until the point when it wasn't. ~ Noel Gallagher

I love being famous. It validates that I have something to say. ~ Richard Lewis

I am old, Gandalf. I don't look it, but I am beginning to feel it in my heart of hearts. Well-preserved indeed! Why, I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean: like butter that has been scraped over too much bread. That can't be right. I need a change, or something. ~ J.R.R. Tolkien

Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete drag and it is still a complete drag. ~ Van Morrison

Bilbo had escaped the goblins, but he did not know where he was. He had lost hood, cloak, food, pony, his buttons and his friends. He wandered on and on, till the sun began to sink westwards - behind the mountains. Their shadows fell across Bilbo's path, and he looked back. Then he looked forward and could see before him only ridges and slopes falling towards lowlands and plains glimpsed occasionally between the trees. ~ J.R.R. Tolkien

We're teaching young girls that this is what they should be focusing on: rich and famous girls who are rich and famous for nothing. ~ Ellen Pompeo

For LOBELIA SACKVILLE-BAGGINS, as a PRESENT;' on a case of silver spoons… Bilbo believed that she had acquired a good many of his spoons, while he was away on his former journey. Lobelia knew that quite well. When she arrived later in the day, she took the point at once, but she also took the spoons. ~ J.R.R. Tolkien

I don't know about this thing - being famous. I haven't figured it out yet. It still mystifies me. ~ Helen Slater

We needed to become world-famous soon, while there was still that kind of world to be famous in ... ~ Scott Westerfeld

Exposure makes you famous, not just good work. Famous is being plastered everywhere. ~ Francesca Annis

I used to be like everyone else and think the Kardashians are just famous for being famous. But I've been really impressed with how supportive Kim Kardashian has been of Caitlyn Jenner. ~ Anne Hathaway

When we were growing up our parents somehow made it clear that being famous was good. And I mistakenly thought that if I was famous then everyone would love me. ~ Ellen DeGeneres

My most famous show is the 'Kitchen Show.' More famous than any gallery show or museum show I curated. ~ Hans Ulrich Obrist

A lot of people are lost 2016 famous and non famous, relative and friends. A lot of people have also been lost in 2014 it's a fact! ~ Deyth Banger

This is what our love is––a sacred pattern of unbroken unity sewn flawlessly invisible inside all other images, thoughts, smells, and sounds. ~ Aberjhani

I just want to make sure I'm contributing good films to movie history rather than being famous just to be famous. ~ Logan Lerman

In the beginning, I loved being famous, but now I am tired of it and I would like to go back to my freedom. ~ Roberto Cavalli

My goal and my career is definitely not to be famous. That's a really horrible goal, just to be famous for the sake of having fame. ~ Joel McHale

I felt no pressure that my grandfather was famous and my uncle was famous. ~ Kim Weston

When I go to Atlanta, I'm famous. I can get on a flight, anything. Because they're watching every show, and if you're black, you famous. ~ Bresha Webb

I wanted to go hide. I wasn't looking to be more famous, I'm famous enough. ~ Howard Stern

I am one of the graduates of the William Morris famous, famous mail room from the '60s. ~ Irwin Winkler

To enjoy being famous, you need to have a screw loose. ~ Diablo Cody

He nods, then squints across the room. "Not all those who wander are lost," he says. He's still squinting. I wonder if he's practiced this squint - a squint-stare off into the metaphysical distance. I'm realizing he's kind of handsome. But then again, it might just be that he cares about something.
"What is that?" I ask. "Did Jesus Christ say that?"
"No," he says. "Bilbo Baggins said that. ~ Patrick Somerville

I never pursued being 'famous.' ~ Francesca Annis

It's interesting because people assume that because I'm famous I know all famous people. ~ Daniel Radcliffe

The thing about being famous is, it's weird. The only people who get how weird it is are other famous people. ~ Margot Kidder

Who doesn't want to be famous? I am famous. I'm dying to be on TV. ~ Eileen Myles

It seemed that Bilbo was not going to be eaten after all. The wizard and the eagle-lord appeared to know one another slightly, and even to be on friendly terms. As a matter of fact Gandalf, who had often been in the mountains, had once rendered a service to the eagles and healed their lord from an arrow-wound. So you see 'prisoners' had meant 'prisoners rescued from the goblins' only, and not captives of the eagles. As Bilbo listened to the talk of Gandalf he realized that at last they were going to escape really and truly from the dreadful mountains. He was discussing plans with the Great Eagle for carrying the dwarves and himself and Bilbo far away and setting them down well on their journey across the plains below. ~ J.R.R. Tolkien

Everyone in New York City thinks they are famous without being famous. ~ Ethan H. Minsker

I've been around some very famous people, but no one has the effect Maradona has; people tremble in his presence. ~ Emir Kusturica

I had a very erratic career. I got very famous for a minute and then it just all went away, you know? ~ Colin Hay

People will go into an audition and a casting situation, and they'll see someone across the room that's perhaps slightly famous, or famous, and they think, 'Oh God, I'm not gonna get the part.' ~ Missi Pyle

Well, I think a lot of people just want to be famous. ~ Dan Fogler

You can find love when you are famous if you are the same person you were before you were famous. ~ Tamar Braxton

I don't like the idea of famous people. ~ Kristin Hersh

I don't see myself as a famous person. ~ Jess Glynne

It's a pity Bilbo didn't kill Gollum when he had the chance.
Pity? It is pity that stayed Bilbo's hand. Many that live deserve death. Some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them, Frodo? Do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment. Even the very wise cannot see all ends. My heart tells me Gollum has some part to play in this, for good or evil ... (not finished yet) ~ J.R.R. Tolkien

You could become famous just for being, well, famous. ~ Terry Pratchett

The strangest part about being famous is you don't get to give first impressions anymore. Everyone already has an impression of you before you meet them. ~ Kristen Stewart

You meet people in Hollywood that are famous, and you're not sure what they got famous for. ~ Rainn Wilson

Only traumatised people want to be famous. ~ Alanis Morissette

I certainly don't think you need to be famous to want to leave a legacy, but when you are famous, it's even more likely that your child will get the wrong perspective on your life if you die prematurely. ~ Shania Twain

Becoming famous and selling a lot of records doesn't change a thing. ~ Macy Gray

The real harm of term extension comes not from these famous works. The real harm is to the works that are not famous, not commercially exploited, and no longer available as a result. ~ Lawrence Lessig

This Jacob dude sounds like a real Bilbo Douche-Baggins. ~ Jess Rothenberg

If I had to change one thing about my life, it would probably be, I wouldn't be famous. Because when you're famous it's so hard. ~ Willow Smith

Is fame without purpose and is fame without talent really where we are now? People used to be famous for what they did. Now, they're just famous. ~ John Carroll Lynch

A very quiet and tasteful way to be famous is to have a famous relative. Then you can not only be nothing, you can do nothing too. ~ P. J. O'Rourke

Everyone always asks me, 'Do you want to be famous ... ' I never really thought about becoming famous. I just want to work, to be able to put out inspiring and good film and TV. ~ Kim Shaw

In a rich moonlit garden, flowers open beneath the eyes of entire nations terrified to acknowledge the simplicity of the beauty of peace. ~ Aberjhani

I handle fame by not being famous ... I'm not famous to me. ~ Bob Marley

I never thought about being famous. ~ Damon Wayans

I actually don't feel famous. ~ Anwar Robinson

I know somebody from university who's called Phil Collins, and I think there's something terribly unfortunate about sharing a name with somebody who either is famous or becomes famous. ~ David Walliams

I'm in that comfortable niche where I'm not that famous and sometimes people do need to put a barrier between them and their followers. When you're real famous you need to do that but I'm not that famous so I don't need that kind of barrier. ~ Tony Levin

I love singing - singing is what I'm famous for doing. Now it's turned into things I am famous for doing - like having rows with my mum or about my boyfriend, so it does get irritating. ~ Charlotte Church

Adversity turns into advantage
With the use of our will
Don't wish for less challenge
But for more skill ~ BJ Klock

Be my silence in the house of open doors. ~ Kristian Goldmund Aumann

It's hard to have a bad hair day when you're famous. ~ Marion Jones

When everyone is famous, no one will be famous. ~ Michael P. Naughton

It was I who made Fellini famous, not the other way around. ~ Anita Ekberg

People seldom become famous for what they say until after they are famous for what they've done. ~ Cullen Hightower

Any part that makes you world famous has got to be a blessing, hasn't it? ~ Tim Curry

It was a lot more fun to get famous than to be famous. ~ Bill Bryson

He asked her what she was famous for - "everybody's famous for something ~ Neil Strauss

I think that when you are famous every weakness is exaggerated. ~ Marilyn Monroe

I don't see anything wrong in someone wanting to be famous or having sky-high ambitions. ~ Randeep Hooda

It's not my goal to be a famous actor. ~ Gavin DeGraw