Orlando Bloom

Life sometimes doesn't work out exactly as we plan or hope for.

I still like to walk around and take photographs, but it's hard to do that if a lot of people are looking at you.

Men treat men differently than they would a woman.

I'm old-school English, so I suppose I'm quite protective - especially of time. Now that I'm a father, every moment is precious.

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.

Having people jumping in front of you taking a photo can be unnerving.

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.

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

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

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.

I'm completely in love with the idea of love.

As a young actor, I found myself in all these movies at once, with two big trilogies and a Cameron Crowe film and working with Ridley Scott a couple of times.

I look forward to working with UNICEF as they continue to make the world a better place for children.

Love is what we aspire to most in our lives.

Sofia Coppola is wonderful, and I'd love to work with her.

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.

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

I just want to have a nice, happy life.

I don't want to be a pretty boy.

Life is about balance, and we all have to make the effort in areas that we can to enable us to make a difference.

Actors don't really get into their stride until they're in their late 30s and 40s.

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.'

When you're young and you're in love and it doesn't work out - it hurts.

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.

I never responded to teaching.

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.

My mother's husband Harry Bloom was a writer, a novelist, a reporter, and an anti-apartheid activist.

When I'm in the U.K. - and I'm here more than people would think - I tend to keep a very low profile.

My first priority is trying to protect my family.

Since I've had a son, I want to be around to see him grow up.

It's mad because as a woman, you carry the baby for nine months, so you're very conscious that you have a little one inside you. But for a guy, it's suddenly, there's a baby there.

The world produces enough food for everyone. Why are one billion people going hungry?

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

Take time to enjoy the flight - read a good book, watch a film, catch up on emails and sleep.

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

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.

Would I like to direct? Maybe one day.

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

I'm looking at doing things that challenge me.

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.

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

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.

Legolas is fantastic to dress up in - of course he is - and I've had the best time playing him.

Everybody thinks I'm very clean and sort of upright, don't they?

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

I'd love to return to theater.

I want to have an impact on my son.

Success can allow you to try for greatness, can give you an opportunity to take a chance on something. I'm very blessed to have the success that I've had, and that's given me so many opportunities to work on being great.

I would love to have played Gollum.

Legolas is that kind of action elf who pouts a bit, stares off to the distance, and has a couple hero moments, killing with a lethal bow and arrow along the way.