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" Being referred to as a hunk or a heartthrob makes me nervous, but it's flattering. But I'm more interested in being an actor than a heartthrob. "

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" I just want to have a nice, happy life. "

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

" You see movie stars advertising all sorts of things today for whatever reason. And it may be that it affords them the luxury to do smaller movies or to go and do a play. Because, otherwise, you have to keep doing movies where you get paid millions and millions of dollars to maintain a certain lifestyle. "

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

" I think it's important if you are an actor, if you are portraying human life, you have to connect with what is human. It's not easy if you spend a lot of time in L.A. and get sucked into the hedonism of the industry. "

" 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. "

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

" What's weird is having your mother fly in on an aeroplane with your face on the side of it. "

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

" 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 don't like to talk about girlfriend stuff. It's not necessary. I try to keep my relationships separate from everything else. "

" I suppose being quite young and being thrust quite dramatically into a large public arena skewered my vision of what it means to live and be a part of something. "

" Lord of the Rings was my first experience making movies and at the time, I had no ideas how movies were done. I thought that's the way they're done, so in a way, I had nothing to compare it to. "

" 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. "

" I've done all these historical epics and chivalrous roles, but there's an odder, quirkier side to me that nobody knows about. "

" 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. "

" I don't do a film unless it has a sword in it. And if it doesn't have a sword in it, I insist that they have one in the same room to keep me comfortable. "

" Elves live in harmony with the world, and I try to do that. "

" I never responded to teaching. "

" Shakespeare is a wonderful language to speak, but it's also a world to get your mind into thematically. "

" Would I like to direct? Maybe one day. "

" I found myself doing all these action-adventure movies, and it's been a fantastic experience, and I've learnt a lot. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" Viggo Mortensen had the biggest impact on me in terms of approach, dedication, intention, and artistic outlook, and I'm nowhere close to how good he is as an artist, and I wouldn't even put myself in the same category as an actor. "