Quotes from Orlando Bloom

Elves are like trees, grounded and focused from the trunk down but graceful and agile on top.

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

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

There are complications in relationships between men and women. There always will be.

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.

Fear is not a friend of mine. But it's something to have a healthy awareness of.

When you work in such a surreal environment as movies, just listening to some tunes or hanging out with friends is what you crave. Even time alone.

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

I want to have an impact on my son.

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.'

My mom used to tell me, 'If you read 50 books, I'll get you a motorbike.'

The truth is - I found myself doing these huge action-adventure movies, and um, and which are cool man. And I really love doing them. And thankfully I haven't had too much dialogue, because if I had I would have really made a mess of it. You know what I mean?

A big part of what I wanted to do with this character was go from when I was a boy and try and develop into a man, really try and play him as a man who is on this search, on a journey of personal, spiritual, political, social discovery.

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.

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

Life is going to unfold as it should because life always does.

Women are beautiful. They deserve to be cherished and respected.

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.

I have a personal little routine that I do in my dressing room just to kind of get myself mentally prepared to go on stage, and part of that is a poem that I read to myself.

Unfortunately, I'm very accident-prone.

Women, as mothers of the earth, deserve the utmost respect.

I crave working on those small independent movies because I love going to see those myself.

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.

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.