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."

“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

All Quotes by Orlando Bloom

“Movies like that aren't about the visual effects and explosions. They're human stories about family, about life, about death.”

— Orlando Bloom

Death

“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

“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

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

— Orlando Bloom

Failure

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

— Orlando Bloom

Romantic

“Elves are cool, man.”

— Orlando Bloom

Cool

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

— Orlando Bloom

Amazing

“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

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

— Orlando Bloom

Dating

“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 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

“Failure is simply the non-presence of success. But a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions.”

— Orlando Bloom

Failure

“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

“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 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 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

“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

“Whatever happens in life is fine - just trust in that.”

— Orlando Bloom

Trust

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

— Orlando Bloom

Movies

“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