Orlando Bloom
Yeah, I mean the material, directors, the other cast, and if you think you can do something with the character then you do it and go from there. I am looking forward to doing some smaller movies.
You don't improvise with a Cameron Crowe script.
If life isn't about human beings and living in harmony, then I don't know what it's about.
I'm still at the beginning of my career. It's all a little new, and I'm still learning as I go.
A friend told me that teenage girls are always looking for someone to pin their dreams on. That doesn't make it any less weird though.
When I was nine, I had this girlfriend and we used to have running races in the park. I wanted to be like Superman and fly in and rescue her.
I have played a boxer, a cowboy, a knight, a prince, an elf and a pirate. I am so glad to have done all of that already.
Although it is a fantasy film, it's as real as it can be. You have to imagine that an audience will buy their ticket to a cinema and get on a first-class flight and journey to Middle Earth.
Vig used to call me 'Elf boy', and I'd call him 'filthy human'. As an Elf, I never got a scratch on me, never got dirty. And Vig would come out with blood and sweat all over him. And he'd say to me, 'Oh, go manicure your nails.'
We have to make good use of the time we have. That simple. We have to wake up every day, knowing that it's not just an ordinary day. We have to take the moment, seize each day.Collection: Powerful
Creativity is the key for any child with dyslexia, or for anyone for that matter. Then you can think outside of the box. Teach them anything is attainable. Let them run with what you see is whatever they need to run with.Collection: Running
I won't admit or deny anything...makes me more interesting.Collection: Interesting
Women are beautiful. They deserve to be cherished and respected.Collection: Beautiful
Dyslexia is not due to a lack of intelligence, it's a lack of access. It's like, if you're dyslexic, you have all the information you need, but find it harder to process.Collection: Needs
I cherished my time filming 'Lord of the Rings' in New Zealand - it's the most beautiful, magical place with great hospitality. I love places that are completely cut off from everything - where I can relax and enjoy the simplicity of nature.Collection: Beautiful
I need to keep reinventing myself.Collection: Needs
I trained for three years at drama school to be an actor - not a celebrity.Collection: Drama
I just keep pinching myself that that's my wife.Collection: Wife
The thing with Ridley [Scott] is he's been doing this forever, he knows what it is he wants and how to get it. There's absolutely no messing around on set. Having said that, he's very accessible to actors, very open to what you want to do and willing to talk about it.Collection: Forever
I can be a little bit outrageous. I can be a lot of things. I'm a bit of an adrenaline junkie, so I love to go out there and do kind of crazy stuff which is slightly outrageous, like bungee jumping, skydiving, surfing and that sort of stuff. But I also like to just chill with my friends and go and see movies and do normal things.Collection: Crazy
The philosophies behind meditation are very current today and are a way of finding some sort of peace.Collection: Philosophy
I love it. I hate that word (fatherhood), but I love being a father; it's changed everything in so many ways.Collection: Father
I don't care much about the money at all. Frankly, if I get the chance to kiss someone in a movie, they wouldn't need to pay me at all.Collection: Kissing
I'm still at the beginning of my career. It's all a little new, and I'm still learning as I goCollection: Careers
I don't know any family that doesn't have a story somewhere. Besides, it you didn't have those things in life, you'd be so bland.Collection: Things In Life
My experience of singing, as an actor, was that there's a different creative feeling of freedom. The acting thing is a bit more defined and cerebral. I can see why people would want to cross over. If you have so much freedom on stage then perhaps you want to be confined a bit, and vice versa.Collection: People
My baby is amazing, even his head smells amazing. His breath, the whole thing, you could eat him!Collection: Baby
I'm trying to mix the cool, independent stuff with the big stuff, but it's been difficult finding the right roles. It's been an interesting ride as far as my career pendulum is concernedCollection: Independent
The philosophy that I've embraced isn't about sitting under a tree and studying my navel.Collection: Philosophy
Everything you know, all the things that you thought were important, drift into the background. And even things that were important really come to the fore and he's one of them.Collection: Important
The thing about fame, is you never think it's going to happen to you. So when it does, it's sort of a shock. Some people are just better at it than others.Collection: Thinking
Women, as mothers of the earth, deserve the utmost respect.Collection: Mother
If you read 50 books, I'll get you a motor bike.Collection: Book
I hated kissing Zoe Saldana too! I was like, "Take your tongue out of my mouth, please. Your boyfriend is standing right there." Most people think kissing beautiful costars must be great. But it's always awkward, man.Collection: Beautiful
I'm probably a good boyfriend, but I'm pretty intense. When you're with me it's exciting, fun and very intense. At the same time, I'm easy going. But all that depends on what girl I'm with.Collection: Girl
If you have kids who are struggling with dyslexia, the greatest gift you can give them is the sense that nothing is unattainable. With dyslexia comes a very great gift, which is the way that your mind can think creatively.Collection: Struggle
I mean, I have a great job. I get to dress up and become somebody else, especially when it's someone like Legolas, who's this super-cool kind of otherworldly elf. It's, like, I'm lucky, man, so why would I not appreciate that?Collection: Jobs
The process of making a movie is what I love. I thrive on that. It's an exciting miracle, a mad adventure. I love being part of itCollection: Movie
I feel really privileged to be an actor, to be paid to do something I loveCollection: Actors
I don’t know any family that doesn’t have a story somewhere. Besides, it you didn’t have those things in life, you’d be so bland.Collection: Stories
I’m probably a good boyfriend, but I’m pretty intense. When you’re with me it’s exciting, fun and very intense. At the same time, I’m easy going. But all that depends on what girl I’m with.Collection: Fun