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.
ORLANDO BLOOMMy 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 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.
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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.
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The thing about fame, is you never think it’s going to happen to you. So when it does, it’s sort of a shock. Some people are just better at it than others.
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The role of an actor is to make every character believable.
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Obviously I always wanted to do a contemporary piece.
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I’m always amazed at anyone’s interest in what I have to say.
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Someone tried to save my soul in a gas station.
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We have to make good use of the time we have. That simple. We have to wake up every day, knowing that it’s not just an ordinary day. We have to take the moment, seize each day.
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I trained for three years at drama school to be an actor – not a celebrity.
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Although it is a fantasy film, it’s as real as it can be. You have to imagine that an audience will buy their ticket to a cinema and get on a first-class flight and journey to Middle Earth.
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I did send a girl a plane ticket asking her for a visit, I guess that’s quite romantic.
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I remember one time that I was filming a scene in which my character rides through Troy on a chariot. I just looked around at this incredible set thinking ‘This is the life’.
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I crave working on those small independent movies because I love going to see those myself.
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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.
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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.
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