I know you can be up one minute and drop the next, so I'm trying to maintain a steady course so I can have some longevity.
Elves have this superhuman strength, yet they're so graceful. Tolkien created them to be angelic spirits, but I also saw Legolas as something out of the Seven Samurai.
I'm amazed that things have panned out the way they have. I always say I'm so lucky, though my mum always says, 'You make your own luck.'
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.
The philosophy that I've embraced isn't about sitting under a tree and studying my navel.
Everything you know, all the things that you thought were important, drift into the background. And even things that were important really come to the fore and he's one of them.
Women, as mothers of the earth, deserve the utmost respect.
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.
If you read 50 books, I'll get you a motor bike.
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 hated kissing Zoe Saldana too! I was like, "Take your tongue out of my mouth, please. Your boyfriend is standing right there." Most people think kissing beautiful costars must be great. But it's always awkward, man.
I'm always amazed at anyone's interest in what I have to say.
I did send a girl a plane ticket asking her for a visit, I guess that's quite romantic.
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'.
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.
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.
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?
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.
Obviously I always wanted to do a contemporary piece.
Wanting to be a rock star, I get it. I'm like, 'Oh, my God, dude! The freedom!'
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
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?
You don't improvise with a Cameron Crowe script.
I feel really privileged to be an actor, to be paid to do something I love
The thing with Ridley [Scott] is he's been doing this forever, he knows what it is he wants and how to get it. There's absolutely no messing around on set. Having said that, he's very accessible to actors, very open to what you want to do and willing to talk about it.
