If you think of the ice caps as the fridge of our planet, if your fridge at home died, the food you eat would go rotten, and you’d starve. – Orlando Bloom
I have flown with British Airways since I was a very little child, so it feels quite special to have gone from family holidays flying around Europe to become a gold card holder and be spoiled enough to travel more than not in first class. – Orlando Bloom
I’m old-school English, so I suppose I’m quite protective – especially of time. Now that I’m a father, every moment is precious. – Orlando Bloom
Vig used to call me ‘Elf boy’, and I’d call him ‘filthy human’. As an Elf, I never got a scratch on me, never got dirty. And Vig would come out with blood and sweat all over him. And he’d say to me, ‘Oh, go manicure your nails.’ – Orlando Bloom
Believing you’re something that you’re not excites the mind and the imagination. And it’s hopeful. – Orlando Bloom
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. – Orlando Bloom
What’s weird is having your mother fly in on an aeroplane with your face on the side of it. – Orlando Bloom
My childhood was kind of complicated. I have an older sister, but my father, my mother’s husband, died when I was four years old. So I only had my mum and sister, really. – Orlando Bloom
Be comfortable. I think if you’re comfortable, you exude confidence, and that leads to good style. – Orlando Bloom
The best way to look stylish on a budget is to try second-hand, bargain hunting, and vintage. – Orlando Bloom
I remember one time that I was filming a scene in whych my character rides through Troy on a chariot. I just looked around at this incredible set thinking ‘This is the life’. – Orlando Bloom
When I finished the trilogy of ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ movies, I had a gear shift and thought, ‘I need to take a moment to smell the roses.’ – Orlando Bloom
I’ve done all these historical epics and chivalrous roles, but there’s an odder, quirkier side to me that nobody knows about. – Orlando Bloom
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. – Orlando Bloom
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. – Orlando Bloom
As a child, I was always drawn to heroic characters. I decided I wanted to act when I realised that Superman and all those gangsters and Indians were just real people in costume. – Orlando Bloom
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
There’s a difference between a failure and a fiasco… a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions. – Orlando Bloom