John Rhys-Davies (Gimli) Quotes

LOTR Castmember Quotes

John Rhys-Davies (Gimli)
Speaker	Topic	Quote
John USA Today, 12/14/02	Gimli	Gimli doesn't realize he's a dwarf. He's proud to be of dwarfish nature, but he doesn't realize he's small, and that's part of his charm. He's one of the chaps.
John USA Today, 12/14/02	Gimli on Elves	It's just prejudice. It's just superstition. He can be mean, suspicious, jealous, paranoid. But that's just the downside of him. The other is absolute courage and loyalty. He's very protective of the hobbits.
John USA Today, 12/14/02	Height	You spend a lot of time on your knees, and that's after you get the job. Try wielding an ax on your knees. That's a trick or two.
John	Height	Gimli is a short fellow... I've never played a part where I had to look up all the time I was acting!
John USA Today, 12/14/02	Other Actors	(Orlando Bloom got the pretty hair and played his own height. Jealous?) I hated them all, for God's sake.
John USA Today, 12/14/02	Tolkien	The first time I wasn't taken by it and was stubbornly resistant. But on rereading it, I found the tricks. You recognize it is about binding friendships between men.