Quotes

Refuting the remarks of cast and crew that Sean IS Samwise Gamgee: But I'm not really Sam... Nobody could be that good, that noble. He's just better than the rest of us. I'm a lot more Hollywood than Sam would ever be.

"He is a gardener: that's the first thing to remember about him."

"You have got these characters who are facing larger-than-life obstacles, innocent little big-footed people who are in way over their heads. Except that I don't think the hobbits see themselves as being little until they are standing next to something that's daunting and intimidating. So I've tried to approach the character as being real and human as possible."

"To me, there is nothing so admirable as a passionate love-bond between two human beings. Sam loves Frodo and wants to protect him, and Frodo is extremely protective of Sam. So what you have are these two popel locked into this journey together. They don't need to explain what they are to each other; they don't need to talk about it; they just are."

"I just wanted to allow whatever essence of goodness there is within me to come forth and to inhabit the role of Sam, because that's what he is: he's goodness, loyalty, decency. That, I think, is his function in the books."
(Official Movie Guide by Brian Sibley, copyright 2001 Houghton Mifflin Company, p. 39)

"Once you're in all of the gear...Once your ears are bigger and particularly once your feet are bigger--because you have to walk differently--it's quite easy to make the mental leap from being a human to being a hobbit." (Official Movie Guide by Brian Sibley, copyright 2001 Houghton Mifflin Company, p. 97)

"What I've grown to love about Sam is that he's the embodiment of loyalty,'' Astin says by telephone from the Los Angeles home he shares with his wife, Christine, and their young daughter, Alexandra. ``He's detail-oriented, and that was something I could really sink my teeth into. When it comes time to go on the journey, Sam is about packing the sausages, about cooking food for Frodo."

"He is always, first and foremost, concerned about where Frodo is and providing for him,'' the actor continues, ``whether that's carrying something for him, making a meal for him or hacking the leg off a Watcher with a sword that's come into his possession."

"Sam is just utterly, fiercely and in all ways loyal.''
(Entertainment News Daily; Hobbit Forming by Ian Spelling, 2001)

Sean: "Thirteen Nominations! So its third in the history of, of uh, of cinema and...and the history of the academy, how does it feel?"
PJ: "Well its just un-unbelievable , I mean, those sorts of facts, uh like, you know, like you cant even really...really contemplate it. But its obviously, you know, for me I just feel like a really proud father."
Access Hollywood, 02/12/02

"To me there is nothing so admirable as a passionate love-bond between two human beings." ~ on Frodo and Sam.

"I wanted to allow whatever essence of goodness there is within me to come forth and to inhabit the role of Sam because that is what he is: he's goodness, loyalty, decency,"

"...they don't need to talk about what they are to each other, they just are." ~ on Frodo and Sam

"The character is so much a part of me - it's difficult right now thinking about life outside Middle Earth."

"Sam loves Frodo, and wants to protect Frodo. And Frodo is extremely protective of Sam. So what you have are these two people locked in this jouney together, even if it means right into Mordor, and into death." ~ Quest for the Ring

"I wanted all the emotions, all the interplay, to be real, honest and grounded in a sense of authenticity. When people refer to LOTR as a fantasy, it almost makes me wince because, to me, it was real. I approached the portrayal and the interpretation of the character as a very real, human-like specimen. When I agreed to do fifteen months making LOTR, I don't think I really understood what an awesome commitment of time it was. While we were making the movie, I read 40 books and Elijah Wood and I probably played 4000 hours of Sony Playstation. It was two birthdays for my daughter. The only way to describe the experience is how close people become, I imagine, when they're in the military overseas together -- that's how it felt for us."

"I finally got to engage a piece of literature as a living, breathing, document in a physical, external process, and it was thrilling,"

"Well, you know the books are so amazing. They deal with the nature of fear, and the nature of greed, and peoples thirst for power for powers sake. But Sam isnt interested in any of that. When most people would give way to legitimate fear, insecurity, or terror, Sam doesnt even know how to give way. He just knows how to be honest and loyal. And, when somebody embodies those qualities, and they happen to exist in a time of great peril, they shine and become a beacon of hope for other folks."

"As I was reading the books, I was reading them with an eye towards Sam, but he's just got such a warm, honest, pure good-hearted essence. And that's his position in the film and in the book. It's to be a kind of barometer against which all of the adventure and evil is measured. Sam has an unfaltering moral compass. He always knows who he is. As all the different characters, with all their different complexities, change and evolve and grow or fail, Sam just is....good. He has a level of experience at the end of the trilogy that he didn't have at the beginning that informs his goodness. It makes his goodness that much more admirable. It's easy to be naive and innocent and good but it's another thing to have been embattled and, despite all of the trials and tribulations of an epic adventure, to remain good of heart." ~ Pavement Magazine

"I've been written about in the tabloids, my mother and father have been written about in the tabloids and I was born in the tabloids"

On the oscars:
What do you think about all the nominations?
It's extraordinary. The academy whose ultimate goal is to celebrate achievement, to recognize the film I think is totally appropriate and totally satisfying and I hope everybody that I know takes home a trophy.

In fact Elijah Wood, who plays Frodo Baggins, had not read much of the books, though he knew the story and he had read The Hobbit as a kid. He was kind of embarrassed about not having finished the books. People were starting to gripe at him on the internet too, and yet he had read the scripts thoroughly, and knew the key points of the story well enough that even after I had read the books entirely from The Hobbit to Return of the King, I did not grasp the story as strongly as he did. I'd come to him with passages in the make-up trailer and read to him; look at what Frodo does here, look at what Sam's relationship to Frodo is here."

Sean Astin on Elijah Wood
"No, I hadn't worked with any of them. But I had been a huge fan of Elijah Wood even though he was only 18 when we started filming. I had seen almost all his movies, and I really like his work. I admired him because I was a child actor too and he was such an exquisite example of someone's ability to carve out a career as a child performer with integrity and class,"

Sean Astin on Elijah Wood, FOX interview
"He can't fail just look at his body of work. Should he be concerned if the film doesn't perform? It is Elijah's doe-eyes on the buses that go by. But he's got more confidence and more comfort in his own skin than anyone I've ever met. Do what you will to try to knock the guy off center, he's just not going to go."

Sean Astin on Elijah Wood:
"We lived and worked so closely together that he became more like a brother than a fellow actor. I came to feel as protective of Elijah as Sam does of Frodo. In turn, Elijah helped me discover a lot about myself and I literally might not have survived the journey had this young prince of an actor not taken me under his wing!"

"I was told I had to gain a lot of weight because Hobbits are very portly. Peter Jackson is forever suggesting I have more food. 'A little more shepherd's pie for Mr. Astin.' " --Sean Astin weighs in on the demands of portraying Sam Gamgee (E! Online)

Astin was a little more shell-shocked. "I finished filming on Wednesday, and couldn't find any words for the feeling. I just ended up hugging [Elijah] and everybody else I could see!" he says. "The character is so much a part of me--it's difficult right now thinking about life outside Middle Earth." But he said he and his family were looking forward to returning to his Los Angeles home "and hanging out with Elijah. We're like war buddies!" (E! Online)

"Sam is the personification--I should say the Hobbitification--of loyalty and goodness. He doesn't talk very much; he's not Gandalf or Frodo or Saruman--vocally grappling with these weighty issues. But Sam is always there and always faithful to Frodo. That's something you don't see a lot of in contemporary society."

"Sam isn't a servant or a slave, and yet he is completely willing to die for Frodo and take care of any of the minor details of his daily life--preparing his food, getting things in order. As Frodo is thinking about the big things for the quest, Sam is cleaning up after him, thinking about the little things." -Sean Astin

Sean Astin (On the Fellowship Tattoo)
"I brought my wife and daughter because they were visiting me. It was an amazing day. My daughter was under the table, and she whispered, 'Daddy, if it hurts too much, you can come down here with me.' "

Sean Astin On Harry Potter:
"I think the comparisons are inevitable because they're both huge movies in terms of budget and scope. But I don't personally feel a sense of battle. I just want Lord of the Rings to make a lot of money. I feel like our work stands on its own, and it has a totally different tone than Harry Potter. It's more serious--a different type of story altogether."

Sean Astin (On the relevance of the Lord of the Rings after Sept. 11th)
"After September 11, I'm looking at everything with a heightened sense of awareness. Even when I watch old Disney films, they have a different kind of meaning for me. So, I think in that sense, the movie is relevant, because it's such a powerful thing that has happened in the world, and this movie and these books speak to issues that are being talked about in a very serious way right now."

Sean Astin (On how he's changed over the course of the filming):
"I don't think I can put simply into words how I've changed. It was just an extraordinary experience. It's the first time I've lived away from my country for a long period of time. I was a father when I started, and my daughter was two. Now she's five. And so, I think as a human being I've grown and changed, mostly for the better."

I had so many embarrassing moments while filming the Lord of the Rings trilogy. One of the worst is from the third movie. I was sitting in Rivendell, an elf paradise, and an 80-pound wooden prop fell and landed on my head. The crew raced over and picked the thing off my head and I came to. A lump started growing, and the wig that was glued to my head lifted up and started pulling off. I got a CAT scan and luckily, I had no brain damage. The neurologist said I had a very large brain, though. I'm proud about that.

Sam belongs with Frodo. And, wherever Frodo goes, I want to go. Even if that means into Mordor - into death.

He is a gardener: that's the first thing to remember about him. As I read the book, I was looking for keys to unlock Sam's personality. He is a gardener and he's loyal and honest, and sometimes he gets scared. These are very basic things about Sam that I have tried to embody in playing him.

Well, you know the books are so amazing. They deal with the nature of fear, and the nature of greed, and peoples thirst for power for powers sake. But Sam isnt interested in any of that. When most people would give way to legitimate fear, insecurity, or terror, Sam doesnt even know how to give way. He just knows how to be honest and loyal. And, when somebody embodies those qualities, and they happen to exist in a time of great peril, they shine and become a beacon of hope for other folks.

"The most rewarding thing was gaining a whole new family, the family of actors and the crew," Sean Astin

Sean Astin on Elijah Wood:
"No, I hadnt worked with any of them. But I had been a huge fan of Elijah Wood even though he was only 18 when we started filming. I had seen almost all his movies, and I really like his work. I admired him because I was a child actor too and he was such an exquisite example of someones ability to carve out a career as a child performer with integrity and class."

Sean Astin on Elijah Wood:
"He's an amazing young man. He's genuinely filled with energy. I'm 10 years older than he is, and I had a lot of energy when I was his age, but he's like a cat. He's undaunted. They would tie him and whip him around off these cherry pickers, and he was just game. He would go for it. And I was this Nervous Nelly of an old granny. I was like, "Is that safe? Have you gotten something to eat?" I was like the grandma or the big brother is really how it felt. We became very, very close......I see him as a brother."

The cave troll, who is unleashed by the nasty Orcs and attacks the fellowship. "He's a big, lumbering, brutal beast hellbent on killing all of us. But there is a kind of pathos to him."

Sam is, as are all Hobbits, very emotionally available - they're constantly referred to as bursting into tears, and they shudder in fear when there's a huge nine-foot-tall thing coming at them, as anybody would. Yet that doesn't undermine their heroism. They still rise to the challenge of the moment - battling against a cave troll, or enduring near-starvation and continuing to move forward because they have to.
I was very careful in learning how to walk like a Hobbit, that it didn't get goofy.

Hobbits aren't goofy - Hobbits are real. They're an earth-loving people. Tolkien was raging against the industrial revolution. The Hobbits are a species of the earth, and there's something magical that should be celebrated about that. To me, when you read the books you forget about the Hobbits' diminutive size. Halfway through the first book, I forgot that Frodo and Sam are little. Because as the reader, you're identifying with them. The audience will hopefully identify with us, because we're human-like.

In fact, you could say Hobbits are the essence of all that's beautiful and poetic about the human form - as the Orcs are all that is ugly and bestial about the human form. The Hobbits are diminutive (compared) to the humans they stand next to, or the Elves that are fighting on their behalf, but once that gets stripped away, and you really live as a hobbit - as I have - you forget about being diminutive. The Hobbits have a kind of heroism, strength and size that's exactly the opposite of their physical description.

Well, a lot of people ask me, "Was is hard to play someone who's quiet and loyal, who's patient and perseveres, and who is decent and good?" The genuine, honest answer in my heart is no, it's not hard, because I feel like that's who I am. The qualities in Sam that I so admire are qualities that I think everybody has in them, and they are certainly the parts of myself that I'd want to focus on.

I also knew from the beginning that Elijah Wood was playing Frodo, so I never looked at the stories and wondered, "Who could I be? Could I be Aragorn, or Frodo or Legolas?" That was never a question. They saw me as Sam, and that's how I was introduced to this world, so it's almost like that's the only thing I ever could be.
I was a little nervous when I saw the Ralph Bakshi cartoon, and I saw how the Hobbits were portrayed as these bumbling, fumbling little things. I wanted to make sure that we didn't sacrifice the credibility of the heroism by making it too roly-poly and comedic, and I think we struck that balance. I didn't want Sam to be too fat. I think there's a very valid reading of the character that is a stocky, portly yeoman character who isn't just a roly-poly fat boy.

To me, he personifies decency, simplicity, honesty and loyalty, the ultimate hobbit. Most of all, he has an undying friendship with Frodo that is so strong, he's willing to face the adventure of the unknown to help him.

The best way to understand Sam is to think of the most loyal, obedient puppy dog that you could ever have. But Sam also is a particular fellow. He likes things to be in order. He likes to have all of his pots and pans and sausages and food, and if things don't go his way, he gets frustrated, because he takes his job of providing for Mr. Frodo very seriously. He's a very earnest fellow.

I prefer attendant. Sidekicks are comic relief, but I didn't want Sam to be comic relief. I wanted him to have dignity, poise, a gravity. He represents trustworthiness, honor, faithfulness these lofty human values.

My whole experience of the trilogy was through the prism of preparing for the role of Sam. The first I ever heard of J.R.R. Tolkien, or of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, was when my agent called to tell me there was a part in the new Peter Jackson film. She said, "It's The Lord of the Rings! You know - they're the sequels to The Hobbit!" Somewhere in the back of my consciousness, I knew the word Hobbit, but I couldn't tell you what a hobbit was. I could have guessed it was a short-ish Smurf or dwarf or something, but I didn't even know that for sure. But somehow I knew it was something I wanted to do.

She said, "Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy for New Line." I heard, "Peter Jackson," "trilogy," and "New Line." I knew they were feature films and they were filming all three of them at once. I new it was going to be a huge, epic adventure. I just instantly got it. I didn't need to have it explained to me. There's a phrase, "There's nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come," and that's how I felt. It was like someone turned on the light and I was already standing in the room. There are very few times in life when things are laid out for you like that. So I turned my car around and went to Barnes and Noble, and I said, "Do you guys know who J.R.R. Tolkien is?" And they were like, "Aisle Four." I went to Aisle Four and all of Aisle Four was J.R.R. Tolkien. So before even looking at the specific Tolkien titles, I looked around the rest of the bookstore - trying to figure out what else I didn't know about! Because clearly I was in the dark.

I purchased a copy of the trilogy illustrated by Alan Lee, powered through 175 pages of The Fellowship of the Ring and hired a dialect coach to prepare for my audition. Honestly, I didn't enjoy it at first. I got how powerful a piece of literature it was, and I was impressed by the poetry, and I was trying to glean everything I could from the character, but it was almost like a biblical student would go to the Bible: this is the source material, so what do I need to figure it out?

I didn't love it until I read The Hobbit. When I was down in New Zealand, I was halfway through The Two Towers, and I wasn't enjoying it. It was work going through it, and I didn't know why I didn't embrace the world. So I bought The Hobbit - and I read it in four hours. I just loved it. Then I started the trilogy over again. I started with The Fellowship and it was a lot easier. The Hobbit was the gateway to the experience for me. I think you need to understand Bilbo's story. The world of the Shire is laid out with such elegance and simplicity that you're drawn right into it.

Now, of course, I am very grateful to Professor Tolkien, and to the millions of people around the world who've been absorbed in his life's project - because basically it helped me orient a couple years of my life.

I never heard of the trilogy before. As soon as my agent told me it was going forward, I read it and hired a dialect coach and prepared an audition. It was an awakening for me.

I gained twenty pounds for the part of Sam. It was between me, who had just run the L.A. Marathon at a trim 160 pounds, and a heavy set actor in England whom they also liked for the part. So I convinced them I was capable of transforming into a bigger version of the myself. I committed to it and I did it. But I must say that the hardest part of being involved with the trilogy was putting that weight on, and living with this extra blubber for a year and a half. I became this big, bulky, stocky, heavyset guy, and it was hard. It was hard on my back, my knees, and my heart, I'm sure. I got back to about 168 by the time we went to Cannes, and then I've crept back up to 180. It's a hard thing on the human body to vacillate with weight. It's really unhealthy. I'm trying now to design a lifestyle that will have me at a good weight that I can sustain over the long haul. But I became Sam!

It wasn't even an intellectual thing. It was like it was destined to happened, and I was destined to do it. It wasn't that I wanted to do it - it was that I had to do it. Of course I was going to do whatever I had to do to get that part, because there are very few times when there's a perfect marriage of an actor and a part.

I just didn't watch what I ate. I ate anything and everything that I wanted. I did a lot of weight-lifting right away, and didn't run a lot. But I stopped weight-lifting, because once you have the prosthetic feet and ears on , you dont want to move around too much, because your sweat can loosen the glue, and the feet can come off. So I had 15-hour days of sitting still and eating.

All the actors took up surfing, and I was just hopeless. I loved trying, but I was like this big seal trying to stand on top of a toothpick. There are some shots in the movies where I just look at myself and go, "Wow, that's me?"

There was a lot of eating involved. Breads, pastas, meats and sweets, and nothing is off-limits. Peter (Jackson, the director) was going to hire a heavy-set actor in England or me if I said I would do what I was going to do. When I hit 192 pounds, I stopped counting. I'm 172 now and running on the treadmill.

The Fellowship of the Ring

"They are sailing, sailing, sailing over the sea, they are going into the West and leaving us: said Sam, half chanting the words and shaking his head sadly and silently. (Fellowship of the Ring p. 48)

"Eavesdropping, sir? I don't follow you, begging your pardon. There ain't no eaves at Bag End, and that's a fact." (Fellowship of the Ring p. 70)

"I ain't been droppin' no eaves, sir, honest!" (Movie version, Fellowship of the Ring)

Gandalf: "So you heard that Mr. Frodo is going away?"
Sam: "I did, sir. And that's why I choked; which you heard seemingly. I tried not to, sir, but it burst out of me: I was so upset." (Fellowship of the Ring p. 70)

"I could take a lot more yet, sir. My packet is quite light," said Sam stoutly and untruthfully.(Fellowship of the Ring p. 78)

Sam: "This is it"
Frodo: "This is what?"
Sam: "If I take one more step, it will be the furthest away from home I've ever been." (Movie version, Fellowship of the Ring)

"'Elves!' exclaimed Sam n a hoarse whisper, 'Elves, sir!' He would have burst out of the trees and dashed off towards the voices, if they had not pulled him back." (Fellowship of the Ring p. 88)

"Well, sir, if I could grow apples like that, I would call myself a gardener. But it was the singing that went to my heart, if you know what I mean." (Fellowship of the Ring p. 92)

"'If you dont come back, sir, then I shan't, that's certain,' said Sam. 'Don't you leave him! they say to me. Leave him! I said. I never mean to. I am going with him, if he climbs to the Moon, and if any of those Black Riders try to stop him, they'll have Sam Gamgee to reckon with, I said.'" (Fellowship of the Ring p. 97)

"Yes sir. I don't know hot to say it, but after last night I feel different. I seem to see ahead, in a kind of way. I know we are going to take a very long road, into darkness; but I know I can't turn back. It isn't to see Elves now, nor dragons, nor mountains, that I want--I don't rightly know what I want: but I have something to do before the end, and it lies ahead, not in the Shire. I must see it through, sir, if you understand me." (Fellowship of the Ring p. 98)

"'We might try to hurt or frighten this tree to begin with,' said Sam fiercely. 'If it don't let them go, I'll have it down, if I have to gnaw it.'" (Fellowship of the Ring p. 133)

"With a sudden flick quick as lightening, an apple left his hand and hit Bill square on the nose. He ducked too late, and curses came from behind the hedge. 'Waste of a good apple,' said Sam regretfully, and strode on. (Fellowship of the Ring p. 205)

"At that moment there was a knock on the door, and Sam came in. He ran to Frodo and took his left hand, awkwardly and shyly. He stroked it gently and then he blushed and turned hastily away." (Fellowship of the Ring, p. 252)

"Sam had begged to be allowed to wait on his master, but had been told that for this time he was a guest of honor." (Fellowship of the Ring, p. 255)

"'But you won't send him off alone, surely, Master?' cried Sam, unable to contain himself any longer, and jumping up from the corner where he had been quietly sitting on the floor.
"'No indeed!' said Elrond, turning towards him with a smile. "'You at least shall go with him. It is hardly possible to separate you from him, even when he is summoned to a secret council and you are not'" (Fellowship of the Ring p. 304)

[Speaking of Bill the Pony] "That animal can nearly talk...and would talk, if he stayed here much longer. He gave me a look as plain as Mr. Pippin could speak it: if you don't let me go with you, Sam, I'll follow you on my own." (Fellowship of the Ring, p. 314)

"'Shelter!' muttered Sam. 'If this is shelter, then one wall and no roof make a house.'" (Fellowship of the Ring, p. 325)

"Sam stood sullenly by the pony and returned no answer. Bill, seeming to understand well what was going on, nuzzled up to him, putting his nose to Sam's ear. Sam burst into thears, and fumbled with the straps, unlading all the pony's packs and throwing them to the ground." (Fellowship of the Ring, p. 341)

"Sam, clinging to Frodo's arm, collapsed on a step in the black darkness. 'Poor old Bill!' he said in a choking voice, 'Poor old Bill! Wolves and snakes! But the snakes were too much for him. I had to choose, Mr. Frodo. I had to come with you.'" (Fellowship of the Ring, p. 347)

"When thirteen had fallen the rest fled shrieking, leaving the defenders unharmed, except for Sam who had a scratch along the scalp. A quick duck had saved him; and he had felled his orc: a sturdy thrust with his Barrow-blade. A fire was smouldering in his brown eyes that would have made Ted Sandyman step backwards, if he had seen it." (Fellowship of the Ring, p. 365)

"Once I do get to sleep...I shall go on sleeping whether I roll off or no. And the less said, the sooner I'll drop off, if you take my meaning." (Fellowship of the Ring, p. 386)

"Live and learn! As my gaffer used to say. though he was thinking of gardening, not of roosting like a bird, nor trying to walk like a spider. not even my uncle Andy ever did a trick like that!." (Fellowship of the Ring, p. 389)

"I thought that Elves were all for moon and stars: but this is more elvish than anything I ever heard tell of. I feel as if I was inside a song, if you take my meaning." (Fellowship of the Ring, p. 393)

"She seemed to be looking inside me and asking me what I would do if she gave me the chance of flying back home to the Shire to a nice little hole with--with a bit of garden of my own." (Fellowship of the Ring, p. 401)

"Its the job that's never started as takes longest to finish, as my gaffer used to say." (Fellowship of the Ring, p. 405)

"Sam sat on the ground and put his head in his hands. 'I wish I had never come here, and I don't want to see no more magic,' he said and fell silent. After a moment he spoke again thickly, as if struggling with tears. 'No, I'll go home by the long road with Mr. Frodo, or not at all,' he said. 'But I hope I do get back some day. If what I've seen turns out true, somebody's going to catch it hot!'" (Fellowship of the Ring, p. 407)

"'For you, little gardener and lover of trees,' she said to Sam, 'I have only a small gift.' She put into his hand a little box of plain grey wood, unadorned save for a single silver rune upon the lid. 'Here is set G for Galadriel,' she said; 'but also it may stand for garden in your tongue. In this box there is earth from my orchard, and such blessing as Galadriel has still to bestow is upon it. It will not keep you on your road, nor defend you against any peril; but if you keep it and see your home again at last, then perhaps it may reward you.'" (Fellowship of the Ring, p. 422)

"It wasn't funny that way, Mr. Frodo, it was queer. All wrong, if it wasn't a dream. And you had best hear it. It was like this: I saw a log with eyes!" (Fellowship of the Ring, p. 430)

"What a place! What a horrible place! Just let me get out of this boat, and I'll never wet my toes in a puddle again, let alone a river!" (Fellowship of the Ring, p. 442)

Frodo: "But I am going to Mordor."
Sam: "I know that well enough, Mr. Frodo. Of course you are. And I'm coming with you." (Fellowship of the Ring, p. 457)

"I made a promise, Mr. Frodo! A promise! Don't you leave him, Samwise Gamgee! And I don't mean to. I don't mean to." (Movie version, Fellowship of the Ring)

"...I'm coming too, or neither of us isn't going. I'll knock holes in all the boats first." (Fellowship of the Ring p. 457)

The Two Towers

[While gazing at a sleeping Frodo] "I love him. He's like that, and sometimes it shines through somehow. But I love him, whether or no." (The Two Towers p. 291)

"Frodo, Mr. Frodo!" he called, "Don't leave me here alone! It's your Sam calling. Don't go where I can't follow!" (The Two Towers p. 384)

The Return of the King

"I'll get there, if I leave everything but my bones behind," said Sam, "And I'll carry Mr. Frodo up myself, if it breaks my back and heart." (Return of the King p. 232)

"O great glory and splendor! And all my wishes have come true!" (Return of the King p. 249)