A big part of what I wanted to do with this character was go from when I was a boy and try and develop into a man, really try and play him as a man who is on this search, on a journey of personal, spiritual, political, social discovery.
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.
Elves are cool, man.
Failure is simply the non-presence of success. But a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions.
How can you be in hell while you are in my heart?
I 'm at the beginning of my career and I hope I get to get the opportunity to play someone diverse and dark and more serious in the story.
I am a hopeless romantic and I love to spoil my girlfriends.
I came back out here from England and I was there for a while and it was beautiful and it is just great to see London going from Spring to Summer and Autumn.
I crave working on those small independent movies because I love going to see those myself.
I did send a girl a plane ticket asking her for a visit, I guess that's quite romantic.
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.
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?
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.
I had never been to the heartland of America. I never understood what it meant by Southern hospitality until I was there with people were baking cakes and cookies and bringing ice cream to the set.
I had studied theater for three years in London when someone suggested me for the role.
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 have played a boxer, a cowboy, a knight, a prince, an elf and a pirate. I am so glad to have done all of that already.
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.
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.
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.
I try to take the time to appreciate and I certainly do appreciate and I do feel proud but that is probably one of the things I need to work on, building a bit of time for myself.
I wondered how they would top the Pirates and skeletons and moonlight, because that's a pretty cool concept.
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.
I'm still at the beginning of my career. It's all a little new, and I'm still learning as I go.
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.
If life isn't about human beings and living in harmony, then I don't know what it's about.
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.
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.
Obviously I always wanted to do a contemporary piece.
People come into your life and people leave it... you just have to trust that life has a road mapped out for you.
Someone tried to save my soul in a gas station.
The girls have got a bit excited. I spoke to my agent and she says she's wading through the fan mail. We've got bags of it.
The truth is - I found myself doing these huge action-adventure movies, and um, and which are cool man. And I really love doing them. And thankfully I haven't had too much dialogue, because if I had I would have really made a mess of it. You know what I mean?
There's a difference between a failure and a fiasco... a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions.
Whatever happens in life is fine - just trust in that.
When everyone around you is doing all this incredible pirate acting and you're having to sort of play the straight guy and move the story forward, you kind of want to be doing some of that pirate ripping it up stuff, but in truth, to be a part of that project is what I love.
When I saw the first I couldn't believe I was in another great movie that would be made into a trilogy. This movie is quite visible and I think it will stand the test of time. I think kids and parents will love this movie for a long time.
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.
When they are spending a lot of money they should be really good and they should hopefully be movies that people go and see, you never know, I mean I really hope that it is a huge success, otherwise the audience loses faith in the industry. They lose faith going to the movies and then, where are we?
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.
You don't improvise with a Cameron Crowe script.
Orlando is afraid of pigs.
Orlando celebrated his 30th birthday January 13th, 2007, with new girlfriend Penelope Cruz. The couple partied at Los Angeles nightclub Teddy's. Orlando started dating Penelope in September 2006, shortly after he split from long-term girlfriend Kate Bosworth.
Orlando says that he loves traveling on the London Underground because he used to fall in love there all the time when he was younger. It was the easiest way to meet a girl.
Orlando's salary for the 2005 movie Elizabethtown was $3,000,000.
Orlando ranked #76 on VH1’s list of the 100 Hottest Hotties.
Orlando says that he is considering alternate careers should his Hollywood career not work out. He says he'd be a photographer or maybe a sculptor.
As a child, Orlando's favorite TV show was Dynasty. He also enjoyed The A-Team.
Orlando has stopped drinking green tea because it was causing him pain. Before he became famous, he had broken his back and now has to avoid all caffeine because it dehydrates his back.
Orlando admires Johnny Depp, Edward Norton, and Daniel Day Lewis.
Orlando found his dog, Sidi, while filming the 2005 film Kingdom of Heaven.
Orlando has an older sister named Samantha Bloom.
Orlando learned how to surf in New Zealand, while on breaks from filming Lord of the Rings.
Orlando's worst job was when he was 13 as a "clay trapper." For those that don't know, a "clay trapper" is the person that sets the clay discs for hunters to shoot. The one bright side was that it gave Orlando time outdoors, which he enjoyed.
Orlando loves when women smile.
Orlando attended St. Edmund's School in Canterbury, England.
Accident-prone Orlando has broken nearly every bone in his body.
Orlando's favorite English football team is Manchester United.
Orlando's favorite foods are pasta, oatmeal, vegetables, pizza, spinach, and baked potatoes.
A year before filming The Lord of the Rings, Orlando fell three stories off a friend's porch while trying to open a jammed door and broke his back. Doctors told him he wouldn't walk again and would be confide to a wheelchair. Two weeks later, lucky Orlando was able to walk out the hosptial on crutches.
Orlando has been romantically linked to Kate Bosworth, Jessica Simpson, Penelope Cruz, and Sienna Miller.
Orlando enjoys swimming and hiking. While filming The Lord of the Rings in New Zealand, he tried sky-diving, bungee-jumping, para-gliding, surfing, and snowboarding.
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