Top 206 Quotes & Sayings by Orlando Bloom - Page 2

I want to do work that has a message and casts a light over an area that's dark. But I'm fun and jovial, too.

For a kid in London, Hollywood seems like such a mythical place.

When I arrive at my destination, I like to hit the gym, as I find exercise helps combat jet lag.

My first priority is trying to protect my family.

I feel real confidence in working on the stage.

Maybe our generation is more about sex, but it feels like romance is dying out.

My baby is amazing; even his head smells amazing. His breath, the whole thing, you could eat him! He's a big, beautiful boy. He's great.

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.

I'm completely in love with the idea of love.

As a young actor, I found myself in all these movies at once, with two big trilogies and a Cameron Crowe film and working with Ridley Scott a couple of times.

When you're young and you're in love and it doesn't work out - it hurts.

I've never been a great one for technology.

I don't want to be a pretty boy.

Pilates is great.

I'm sure I was a great disappointment to many women because I wasn't Errol Flynn. But I'm me. I think that's got some merit.

I think that its easy to think of the environment as all doom and gloom and that, 'What can we do, it's too late. And the polar bears are gone, and everything is gone.' But really, just the little steps that we can make as individuals make a big difference.

I just want to have a nice, happy life.

Sofia Coppola is wonderful, and I'd love to work with her.

I want to have an impact on my son.

I generally travel with my laptop, a couple of great books, and my iPod.

I was quite fearless as a kid. But I've had to realize I'm not invincible. That's what breaking your back does. It makes you grow up and reassess life.

Everybody thinks I'm very clean and sort of upright, don't they?

Legolas in 'Lord Of The Rings' was sent as a bridge from his people into the world of dwarves and humans and wizards and everything else.

The role of an actor is to make every character believable.

I'm amazed that things have panned out the way they have. I always say I'm so lucky, though my mum always says, 'You make your own luck.'

I've done movies with a sword before. But I haven't really been given the full responsibility of something like a Ridley Scott film.

I never responded to teaching.

Steve McQueen is my style hero. He's just cool, isn't he?

Every stylish man should have a copy of 'The Fountainhead' by Ayn Rand on his bookshelf.

I'd love to return to theater.

I pinch myself daily at the good fortune of my life, you know, in many ways.

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.

I came out of drama school thinking I'd do some theatre, maybe some television, and maybe, someday, a film.

Attraction doesn't stop when a child is born. It's the opposite. Being a mum and dad makes you even sexier.

I went to Antarctica on a science research boat just to sort of clear my head.

Success can allow you to try for greatness, can give you an opportunity to take a chance on something. I'm very blessed to have the success that I've had, and that's given me so many opportunities to work on being great.

I bungee-jump, skydive, surf and snowboard.

When I realized that if I was an actor, I could be any character I wanted instead of just one particular, I was like, 'Wow, that's cool.'

Having people jumping in front of you taking a photo can be unnerving.

Actors don't really get into their stride until they're in their late 30s and 40s.

Legolas is that kind of action elf who pouts a bit, stares off to the distance, and has a couple hero moments, killing with a lethal bow and arrow along the way.

Talk about your problems. There's no need to feel shy. It's always good to talk about issues that concern you.

I would love to have played Gollum.

Movies like that aren't about the visual effects and explosions. They're human stories about family, about life, about death.

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 it.

Until this movie 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, and am ready for this phase of my career.

Now my favourite pastime is to take a bath with my son.

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.

Watch how you communicate with a woman. Because you're always communicating, even when you're not talking - with your body language, your facial expressions, your eyes.

Be comfortable. I think if you're comfortable, you exude confidence, and that leads to good style.

I'm old-school English, so I suppose I'm quite protective - especially of time. Now that I'm a father, every moment is precious.

Life is about balance, and we all have to make the effort in areas that we can to enable us to make a difference.

When I'm in the U.K. - and I'm here more than people would think - I tend to keep a very low profile.

I have flown with British Airways since I was a very little child, so it feels quite special to have gone from family holidays flying around Europe to become a gold card holder and be spoiled enough to travel more than not in first class.

Men treat men differently than they would a woman.

I feel really privileged to be an actor, to be paid to do something I love.

London is one of the most exciting cities in the world, with a melting pot of cultures and diversity.

I still like to walk around and take photographs, but it's hard to do that if a lot of people are looking at you.

What's weird is having your mother fly in on an aeroplane with your face on the side of it.

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.