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.
— Orlando Bloom
Now my favourite pastime is to take a bath with my son.
I went to Antarctica on a science research boat just to sort of clear my head.
What's weird is having your mother fly in on an aeroplane with your face on the side of it.
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.
Every stylish man should have a copy of 'The Fountainhead' by Ayn Rand on his bookshelf.
London is one of the most exciting cities in the world, with a melting pot of cultures and diversity.
I've never been a great one for technology.
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.
Movies like that aren't about the visual effects and explosions. They're human stories about family, about life, about death.
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 feel really privileged to be an actor, to be paid to do something I love.
I'm always amazed at anyone's interest in what I have to say.
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.
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.
There's a difference between a failure and a fiasco... a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions.
I did send a girl a plane ticket asking her for a visit, I guess that's quite romantic.
When I'm in the U.K. - and I'm here more than people would think - I tend to keep a very low profile.
Attraction doesn't stop when a child is born. It's the opposite. Being a mum and dad makes you even sexier.
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 feel real confidence in working on the stage.
The best way to look stylish on a budget is to try second-hand, bargain hunting, and vintage.
Be comfortable. I think if you're comfortable, you exude confidence, and that leads to good style.
When I arrive at my destination, I like to hit the gym, as I find exercise helps combat jet lag.
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.
Maybe our generation is more about sex, but it feels like romance is dying out.
Elves are like trees, grounded and focused from the trunk down but graceful and agile on top.
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.
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 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.
I'm still at the beginning of my career. It's all a little new, and I'm still learning as I go.
Failure is simply the non-presence of success. But a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions.
I am a hopeless romantic and I love to spoil my girlfriends.
My first priority is trying to protect my family.
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.
I pinch myself daily at the good fortune of my life, you know, in many ways.
Steve McQueen is my style hero. He's just cool, isn't he?
I generally travel with my laptop, a couple of great books, and my iPod.
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 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.'
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.
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.
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.
I remember one time that I was filming a scene in whych my character rides through Troy on a chariot. I just looked around at this incredible set thinking 'This is the life'.
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.
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.
People come into your life and people leave it... you just have to trust that life has a road mapped out for you.
If life isn't about human beings and living in harmony, then I don't know what it's about.