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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

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Orlando Bloom
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: January 13
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Canterbury
United Kingdom
Orlando Jonathan Bloom
Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Copeland Bloom
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I had studied theater for three years in London when someone suggested me for the role.
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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.
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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.
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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'.
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I wondered how they would top the Pirates and skeletons and moonlight, because that's a pretty cool concept.
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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.
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Someone tried to save my soul in a gas station.
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I mean, I have a great job. I get to dress up and become somebody else, especially when it's someone like Legolas, who's this super-cool kind of otherworldly elf. It's, like, I'm lucky, man, so why would I not appreciate that?
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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.
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The role of an actor is to make every character believable.
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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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I did send a girl a plane ticket asking her for a visit, I guess that's quite romantic.
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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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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.
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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 trained for three years at drama school to be an actor - not a celebrity.
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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?
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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 cherished my time filming 'Lord of the Rings' in New Zealand - it's the most beautiful, magical place with great hospitality. I love places that are completely cut off from everything - where I can relax and enjoy the simplicity of nature.
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Elves are like trees, grounded and focused from the trunk down but graceful and agile on top.
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