Orlando Bloom Quotes
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When I was prepping for my Broadway debut as Romeo, it really hit me that I had never done that. I had trained at drama school for three years in my late teens to early 20s, and I'd studied Shakespeare, of course, but I hadn't actually performed it. So to do something like Romeo for my first Broadway role was a challenge.
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I went to Antarctica on a science research boat just to sort of clear my head.
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If you think of the ice caps as the fridge of our planet, if your fridge at home died, the food you eat would go rotten, and you'd starve.
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I would love to have played Gollum.
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Someone tried to save my soul in a gas station.
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I have always found myself playing the hero, but I love villains. Villains have more fun.
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When I was filming, I imagined that Legolas was a meditative character who was very thoughtful and had a certain amount of depth to him. I started working on trying to find this focus that Legolas has, which wasn't really like me.
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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.
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Elves are like trees, grounded and focused from the trunk down but graceful and agile on top.
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I don't like to talk about girlfriend stuff. It's not necessary. I try to keep my relationships separate from everything else.
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I did send a girl a plane ticket asking her for a visit, I guess that's quite romantic.
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As a child, I had the opportunity to meet the captain onboard a British Airways flight. It was so exciting to see the cockpit and controls. I was in awe of the captain, and he stamped my log book, which I still have to this day.
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I had plenty of vices growing up.
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My first priority is trying to protect my family.
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I'm still at the beginning of my career. It's all a little new, and I'm still learning as I go.
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As an actor, you can't think about the end result or the fame; you just have to focus on the day you're in. You have no control over the finished product, what people will think of it, so all you have is the experience of making it, and you have to stay focused on that.
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Sofia Coppola is wonderful, and I'd love to work with her.
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There's a whole element of human interaction and character interaction that I really enjoy doing.
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There's a difference between a failure and a fiasco... a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions.
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I know you can be up one minute and drop the next, so I'm trying to maintain a steady course so I can have some longevity.
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Talk about your problems. There's no need to feel shy. It's always good to talk about issues that concern you.
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As a child, I was always drawn to heroic characters. I decided I wanted to act when I realised that Superman and all those gangsters and Indians were just real people in costume.
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I want to have an impact on my son.
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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.