We were going to watch a movie. Your memory is almost as good as mine. How nice to speak with you again. Everyone is so excited you are spending the next 30 minutes with us. How are you doing?

I am in a car on the way to a hotel from the J. F. K. airport because I just got in from Paris. Let's catch up a bit.

Do you still love your fellowship tattoo as much as you did last year?

Elijah Wood: I am not regretting it. In fact, it's one of those things that I see every so often. I don't really pay much attention to it as much as I did when I got it. It's one of those things that will always be important to me. It will be profound regardless of what happens to those relationships because of the importance of the experience.

Here is one from Barbara from Brazil. There are people here from all over the world. Elijah, what was the most difficult thing for you to perform as a different character in the movie or was there trouble bigger than the behavior changes? Was it hard for you to adjust to the changes in Frodo?

Elijah Wood: Sure it was. I think what made it a challenge particularly was the fact that we were shooting out of sequence. We would... the schedule was changing so much as well, but we would shoot something from filming three one day and film two the next day. So in terms of the evolution of that character, we were bouncing around quite a lot. That proved to be the most difficult aspect of actually, you know, changing the character over that period of time. Getting it all straight.

All right. Well, here is one from Crotchhunta, great screen name.

Elijah Wood: Wow.

Do you think your role is more boring in the second movie?

Elijah Wood: Do I think it's boring?

More boring.

Elijah Wood: Well, considering that the first one was incredibly boring...

I guess they're asking the way your role changed, if you thought it was more boring. These are honest questions here!

Elijah Wood: That's awesome. Well, I don't really think it's all that boring, but then again, you know, I am kind of interested in the psychological journey of the character. But if you are not, then it could very well be kind of a boring thing and I can understand that.

I seriously doubt it will be boring.

Elijah Wood: I could see how Viggo would be more interesting in terms of the battle.

Alright. Well, this one is from Darkringrider, a big fan of the Trilogy. You have many adoring fans. I am one of them. Your role as Frodo and many others have inspired me to become an actress. It is because of you that I am living my dream. How do you feel knowing that everywhere people admire you?

Elijah Wood: Wow.

Lots of love for you here tonight.

Elijah Wood: That's very sweet. When you put it that way, it's an incredible honor when people come up to you, particularly people that are interested in becoming actors or working in the industry, that kind of use you as an inspiration. I have gotten that every so often and it's always really sweet. It's also kind of an interesting feeling to get used to. It's not something that you do get used to, that you do have people out there that care that much about you because it's not something you think about on a regular basis. And it's only those kind of moments when people mention that or bring it to your attention that you actually do think about it. So it's sometimes quite a shock actually, to be honest.

You do have a ton of fans. There is a huge audience here tonight.

Elijah Wood: Wow.

All excited to have you here. Speaking of your talented self, this one comes from Gigi94324 2.

Elijah Wood: That's a lot of numbers.

In the acting categories at the Academy Awards, I think that 'Lord of the Rings' should have had more nominations. Do you think that this year will be different?

Elijah Wood: I don't know. I wouldn't even want to wager a guess. I think that the movie will be nominated again for technical achievements because it's kind of a shoo-in for those kind of awards because of the fact that it's so kind of epic in its scope. It succeeds in terms of its aim to be kind of technically brilliant. But in terms of the actors, I don't know. I wouldn't know. I wouldn't want to know.

Well, we all wish you best of luck.

Elijah Wood: Thank you.

Speaking of awards shows, do you like attending awards shows? The carpet can be so maddening.

Elijah Wood: Yes, well, I don't really. That's a good question, and I will be completely honest. I am not a huge fan of awards shows. It's a little... it can be a little overwhelming and it's not... it was fun for 'Lord of the Rings.' And I enjoyed the process the first couple of times for the first couple of award shows, but once you've been to five in a row, it's a lot of fanfare that gets kind of old, especially if you're not particularly interested in the awards. I don't find it to be all that important. I would rather be home watching those kind of things on television, to be honest.

It probably seems a lot shorter from home.

Elijah Wood: My God, the Oscars were... I think it was like five hours.

They were really long.

Elijah Wood: I was nearly falling asleep on camera. It was funny.

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