QUOTES BY & ABOUT ORLANDO BLOOM

Orlando Bloom on his Career and Acting

• We used to win first prize [in poetry contests]. "The woods are lovely, dark and deep / And I have promises to keep / And miles to go before I sleep / And miles to go before I sleep." [from Robert Frost's Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.] Not bad for a 10-year-old memory. I think those experiences are what inspired me to be an actor.
  YM (USA) - January 1st, 2003



• The role of an actor is to make every character believable.
  Starlog (USA) - May 1st, 2002



• Theatre is something that I feel very important for an actor to keep doing. I think it keeps you sharp. But at the moment I'm intrigued with movies and filmmaking. It hasn't lured me away from theatre, but I'm just going to try to ride this wave and then jump onto another and see how far it takes me.
  Harpar's Bazaar (Singapore) - February 1st, 2002



• I was 22, I had two more days left of drama school and it was, like, 'Here, have a career.' Boom.
  Harpar's Bazaar (Singapore) - February 1st, 2002



• 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.
  Harpar's Bazaar (Singapore) - February 1st, 2002



• 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.
  CosmoGirl (UK) - January 1st, 2002



• I feel really privileged to be an actor, to be paid to do something I love.
  Calgary Sun (Canada) - December 18th, 2001



• 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.
  ThisIsLondon (UK) - December 14th, 2001

Orlando Bloom on being a Celebrity and his Fans

• [Fans] see characters I play in movies and I am very flattered that they respond to them in such an excited way.
  Empire (UK) - January 1st, 2003



• I'm always amazed at anyone's interest in what I have to say.
  Vogue (USA) - December 1st, 2002



• The girls have got a bit excited. I spoke to my agent and she says she's wading through the fan mail. We've got bags of it. I'm like, 'OK, well, what do we do with that, then?' And she explains that we're sending them pictures and stuff, which is great.
  Express on Sunday (UK) - January 20th, 2002

Orlando Bloom on Legolas and Lord of the Rings

• 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.
  Dreamwatch (USA) - February 1st, 2002



• Elves are like trees, grounded and focused from the trunk down but graceful and agile on top.
  Los Angeles Daily News (USA) - December 16th, 2001



• They have the greatest joy and the deepest sorrow. And they’re really magical. They’re centered and focused in their movement. The way they carry themselves was something I really worked on. The physicality of these elves was important.
  National Post (NZ) - December 14th, 2001



• Elves have this superhuman strength, yet they're so graceful. Tolkien created them to be angelic spirits, but I also saw Legolas as something out of the Seven Samurai.
  Daily Mail (NZ) - December 14th, 2001



• 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.'
  Arena Homme Plus (UK) - December 1st, 2001

Quotes by Others on Orlando Bloom

• Liam Neeson: I always think of Errol Flynn. He looked uncomfortable in a suit but put him in a ridiculous pair of tights, and he looked to the manor born. JOHN WAYNE playing GENGHIS KHAN was quite the other thing. CLINT EASTWOOD in a kilt would look ludicrous. I don't know what it is. Orlando simply looks the part. If I were (movie mogul) JACK WARNER, I'd get a team of writers, get them writing period pieces, and sign him. Orlando is like a classic 40s star. Some actors are utterly lost if you put a sword in their hands. Orlando is all physical grace.
  ContactMusic - November 21st, 2005



• Ian McKellen: Well it is a spectacular debut, and he's got fans all over the world, quite rightly, as one of the fellowship.
  CapitalFM Interview (UK) - February 5th, 2002



• Peter Jackson: We tried to cast the most perfect human beings we could find [as elves], like Cate Blanchett and Liv Tyler and Orlando Bloom.
  Baltimore Sun (USA) - December 18th, 2001

Orlando Bloom on Other People

• It was like a drama school of its own, being on set. Peter [Jackson] is a genius. Ian McKellen is the greatest theatre actor in Britain. He's somebody I look at and say, 'That's what I would like to do.' I had studied videos of his performances, so it was bizarre to be thrown into an environment with him.
  Starlog (USA) - February 1st, 2002



• 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. He casts people who he feels are going to bring something to the role and allows them to take care of the situation, to do what it is that they do.
  Harper's Bazaar (Singapore) - February 1st, 2002

Orlando Bloom on Relationships

• "None of that (tabloid) stuff is ever true ... But that doesn't mean I don't love someone and that I'm not going to get engaged one day."
  E! (USA) - September 8th, 2005



• I'm quite sensitive to women. I saw how my sister got treated by boyfriends. I read this thing that said when you are in a relationship with a woman, imagine how you would feel if you were her father. That's been my approach, for the most part.
  GQ (USA) - January 1st, 2004



• Maybe our generation is more about sex, but it feels like romance is dying out.
  Rolling Stone (USA) - October 3rd, 2003



• When you start falling for somebody and you can't stop thinking about when you're going to see them again, I love that. Women are beautiful. They deserve to be cherished and respected.
  Teen People (USA) - December 1st, 2002