Quotes from Orlando Bloom

I'm looking at doing things that challenge me.

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.

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.

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.

I bungee-jump, skydive, surf and snowboard.

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.

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

The philosophies behind meditation are very current today and are a way of finding some sort of peace.

Wanting to be a rock star, I get it. I'm like, 'Oh, my God, dude! The freedom!'

I missed my home - like the physicality of my home, I missed my friends and my family mostly and just hanging out and being in your home country - culturally it feels right and that is what I miss.

The best way to look stylish on a budget is to try second-hand, bargain hunting, and vintage.

The philosophy of Buddhism is connected to everything. So it probably does have some connection with acting, yes.

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.'

I have good spacial awareness, and I'm pretty comfortable with a sword.

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.

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.

Wear comfortable clothes when you fly; my preference is T-shirt and jeans.

I'm so happy to have been a part of that process and I would go straight back into the desert in a ton of chain mail for Ridley any day of the week. He's an amazing director and I can't wait to see the long version.

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

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.

It takes obstacles to learn, grow, be better.

My cousin once told me, 'You're tall, you're handsome - and you're gonna have to apologize for it the rest of your life.' He imparted that information to me.

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.