A biography for Lee Pacehasn’t been written yet.
“It's not my business to think about the business; it's my business to think about the character. Sure, there have been times in my career where I wished I was more popular or more this or more that - but that's just stupid.”
“I don't really get recognized.”
“I had a Commodore, and then I remember getting a Nintendo for Christmas and it being a total game-changer. And the hours that I would spend playing the video game and trying to convince my mother that it was improving my hand-eye coordination. It was a worthy use of time. It made my hand-eye coordination better!”
“It's important to complete things and finish what you started.”
“Peter Jackson has the sort of imagination that no one else has.”
“I love that you work out relationships with people as you're filming just to get something real to play on screen.”
“Not even my excellent training at Juilliard prepared me for my first movie role, where I played a transsexual who falls in love with a military guy in 'Soldier's Girl.'”
“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.”
“Who cares about people's personal lives? I mean, honestly. How are you then able to disappear into a role?”
“It's totally fun to play troublemakers - totally.”
“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.'”
“I had a fantastic time working on 'Twilight.' I loved our director Bill Condon. He was an absolute pleasure to work with.”
“It's kind of really fun to get to dress up, because you take yourself a little more seriously if you dress nice in a starched shirt.”
“I am a huge Michael Jackson fan.”
“It's the writers' job to make it positive. It's my job to make it real.”