Orlando Bloom

Orlando Bloom

26 quotes

Born in 1977, English actor Orlando Bloom built a reputation that extends far beyond any single accomplishment. The range of their thinking — from Movies to Cool — speaks to an intellectual restlessness that shows in every quote. 37 of Orlando Bloom's sharpest quotes live here, spanning themes of Movies, Cool, Trust, Women, and Romantic. Readers often gravitate to this one: "There's a difference between a failure and a fiasco... a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions."

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“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.”

— Orlando Bloom

Strength

All Quotes by Orlando Bloom

“People come into your life and people leave it... you just have to trust that life has a road mapped out for you.”

— Orlando Bloom

Trust

“There's a difference between a failure and a fiasco... a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions.”

— Orlando Bloom

Failure

“Yeah, I mean the material, directors, the other cast, and if you think you can do something with the character then you do it and go from there. I am looking forward to doing some smaller movies.”

— Orlando Bloom

Movies

“I did send a girl a plane ticket asking her for a visit, I guess that's quite romantic.”

— Orlando Bloom

Romantic

“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.”

— Orlando Bloom

Business

“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.”

— Orlando Bloom

Movies

“Elves are cool, man.”

— Orlando Bloom

Cool

“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.”

— Orlando Bloom

Dreams

“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.”

— Orlando Bloom

Dating

“I think a film set is a quite controlled environment and you feel like you can trust them and it is going to be a safe place to work, but I really don't think about it.”

— Orlando Bloom

Trust

“I am a hopeless romantic and I love to spoil my girlfriends.”

— Orlando Bloom

Dating

“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.”

— Orlando Bloom

Experience

“I'm so happy to have been a part of that process and I would go straight back into the desert in a ton of chain mail for Ridley any day of the week. He's an amazing director and I can't wait to see the long version.”

— Orlando Bloom

Amazing

“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

Learning

“I missed my home - like the physicality of my home, I missed my friends and my family mostly and just hanging out and being in your home country - culturally it feels right and that is what I miss.”

— Orlando Bloom

Family

“I got to dress up in funny clothes and run around New Zealand with a bow and arrow for 18 months, how bad could that be?”

— Orlando Bloom

Funny

“I'm always amazed at anyone's interest in what I have to say.”

— Orlando Bloom

Amazing

“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.”

— Orlando Bloom

Love

“I wondered how they would top the Pirates and skeletons and moonlight, because that's a pretty cool concept.”

— Orlando Bloom

Cool

“I'm trying to mix the cool, independent stuff with the big stuff, but it's been difficult finding the right roles. It's been an interesting ride as far as my career pendulum is concerned.”

— Orlando Bloom

Cool