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 BLOOMA 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.
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The philosophies behind meditation are very current today and are a way of finding some sort of peace.
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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.
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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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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.
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Whatever happens in life is fine – just trust in that.
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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 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.
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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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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?
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If life isn’t about human beings and living in harmony, then I don’t know what it’s about.
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I’m still at the beginning of my career. It’s all a little new, and I’m still learning as I go.
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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.
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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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The process of making a movie is what I love. I thrive on that. It’s an exciting miracle, a mad adventure. I love being part of it.
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I’m probably a good boyfriend, but I’m pretty intense. When you’re with me it’s exciting, fun and very intense. At the same time, I’m easy going. But all that depends on what girl I’m with.
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If you have kids who are struggling with dyslexia, the greatest gift you can give them is the sense that nothing is unattainable. With dyslexia comes a very great gift, which is the way that your mind can think creatively.
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Being a gentleman is a worthy goal.
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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.
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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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I feel really privileged to be an actor, to be paid to do something I love.
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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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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.
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I don’t know any family that doesn’t have a story somewhere. Besides, it you didn’t have those things in life, you’d be so bland.
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Failure is simply the non-presence of success. But a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions.
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I’m always amazed at anyone’s interest in what I have to say.
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The role of an actor is to make every character believable.
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