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'.

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.

If life isn't about human beings and living in harmony, then I don't know what it's about.

I did send a girl a plane ticket asking her for a visit, I guess that's quite romantic.

Whatever happens in life is fine - just trust in that.

Someone tried to save my soul in a gas station.

How can you be in hell while you are in my heart?

You don't improvise with a Cameron Crowe script.

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.

Obviously I always wanted to do a contemporary piece.

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.

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.

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.

I'm always amazed at anyone's interest in what I have to say.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I'm still at the beginning of my career. It's all a little new, and I'm still learning as I go.

There's a difference between a failure and a fiasco... a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions.

Failure is simply the non-presence of success. But a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions.

I've never been a great one for technology.

Legolas in 'Lord Of The Rings' was sent as a bridge from his people into the world of dwarves and humans and wizards and everything else.

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.'

Until this movie 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, and am ready for this phase of my career.

The role of an actor is to make every character believable.

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.

Movies like that aren't about the visual effects and explosions. They're human stories about family, about life, about death.

Maybe our generation is more about sex, but it feels like romance is dying out.

I've done movies with a sword before. But I haven't really been given the full responsibility of something like a Ridley Scott film.

I feel really privileged to be an actor, to be paid to do something I love.

Attraction doesn't stop when a child is born. It's the opposite. Being a mum and dad makes you even sexier.

I went to Antarctica on a science research boat just to sort of clear my head.

For a kid in London, Hollywood seems like such a mythical place.

What's weird is having your mother fly in on an aeroplane with your face on the side of it.

I feel real confidence in working on the stage.

I pinch myself daily at the good fortune of my life, you know, in many ways.

Steve McQueen is my style hero. He's just cool, isn't he?

I generally travel with my laptop, a couple of great books, and my iPod.

London is one of the most exciting cities in the world, with a melting pot of cultures and diversity.

When I arrive at my destination, I like to hit the gym, as I find exercise helps combat jet lag.

Life is about balance, and we all have to make the effort in areas that we can to enable us to make a difference.

Actors don't really get into their stride until they're in their late 30s and 40s.

When I realized that if I was an actor, I could be any character I wanted instead of just one particular, I was like, 'Wow, that's cool.'

When you're young and you're in love and it doesn't work out - it hurts.

I bungee-jump, skydive, surf and snowboard.

I want to do work that has a message and casts a light over an area that's dark. But I'm fun and jovial, too.

I never responded to teaching.

My baby is amazing; even his head smells amazing. His breath, the whole thing, you could eat him! He's a big, beautiful boy. He's great.