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" My whole career has been fulfilling my childhood fantasies, playing characters that are larger than life, getting to play a knight, an elf, a prince, and a soldier. "

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

Orlando Bloom

Historical

Done

Side

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

" I'd love to return to theater. "

" Obviously, I'm not a singer. I don't consider myself a singer. "

" Every stylish man should have a copy of 'The Fountainhead' by Ayn Rand on his bookshelf. "

" I think it's sort of a rite of passage for a British actor to try and get the American accent and have a good crack at doing that. "

" Being a gentleman is a worthy goal. "

" Someone tried to save my soul in a gas station. "

" 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'. "

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

Orlando Bloom

Tell

Mom

" I've lived a very nomadic life, which I enjoy. "

" I'm still at the beginning of my career. It's all a little new, and I'm still learning as I go. "

Orlando Bloom

Beginning

Career

" You can't date if you're famous. That's how it seems to me. "

" 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. "

Orlando Bloom

Interested

" I don't buy art to put away somewhere. I buy art to appreciate, enjoy, and live with. It's supposed to add to your life. "

" 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.' "

" I want to do things that terrify me, unless they're going to kill me. "

Orlando Bloom

Unless

Going

" When it comes to meals, there's always a fantastic choice on British Airways. "

" I want to do work that has a message and casts a light over an area that's dark. But I'm fun and jovial, too. "

" When I was filming, I imagined that Legolas was a meditative character who was very thoughtful and had a certain amount of depth to him. I started working on trying to find this focus that Legolas has, which wasn't really like me. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

Orlando Bloom

School

Early

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

" I had the training at drama school where I studied Shakespeare and Brecht and Chekov and all these period historical playwrights and I think that I responded to the material. "

" 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 got to work with one of my heroes, Johnny Depp, and to see how he goes about business, which was really inspiring for me at this stage in my career. "

" 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'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 had studied theater for three years in London when someone suggested me for the role. "