Quotes from Orlando Bloom

Believing you're something that you're not excites the mind and the imagination. And it's hopeful.

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.'

The philosophy that I've embraced isn't about sitting under a tree and studying my navel.

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

I love it. I hate that word (fatherhood), but I love being a father; it's changed everything in so many ways.

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

There's a whole element of human interaction and character interaction that I really enjoy doing.

I'm always amazed at anyone's interest in what I have to say.

Yeah, I'm kind of fit. And I'm quite careful about my diet.

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.

I love traditions. I mean, cultural ones.

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.

My childhood was kind of complicated. I have an older sister, but my father, my mother's husband, died when I was four years old. So I only had my mum and sister, really.

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.

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

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.

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.

I want to play James Bond - are you kidding me? I'm putting my name in the ring!

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.

The world throws you out of your body, especially the cyberworld.

When you start to live your dream, it's not quite what you thought it was because there is a lot of overwhelming stuff that comes on top of it, and you have to figure it all out.

I got to dress up in funny clothes and run around New Zealand with a bow and arrow for 18 months, how bad could that be?

Someone tried to save my soul in a gas station.

When I finished the trilogy of 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movies, I had a gear shift and thought, 'I need to take a moment to smell the roses.'