"I was suggesting to Peter [Jackson, LOTR director] yesterday he should insert some love interest for Gandalf in a later one. He suggested Galadriel...I said, no, I was thinking more of someone like Legolas."--Sir Ian McKellan (Gandalf) on his fantasy
"F*ck Empire! You had to give Best Debut to Mr.Cheekbones!"--Billy Boyd (Pippin), joking, on Orlando winning Best Debut at the Empire Awards
"I think we lived very Hobbit lifestyles. We were always going to the pub and having a bit of a drink and a meal. Hobbits love to eat, so Hobbits love to drink. We, in some ways, embodied the things that are Hobbity initially, and I think we just became more Hobbity as the project wore on. The Hobbits tended to spend their free time together, so the the closest friends that I had on the movie were Billy and Dom and Sean. And Orlando the Elf, who happened to join us as well, much to our dismay. No, he's a good guy. The Hobbits went to Australia...we went to Sydney and checked out the Star Wars set. The Elf joined us. We went on surfing trips a lot. It was a close union of boys."--Elijah Wood (Frodo) on life during filming
"He dragged me out to get it down in New York recently. I think everyone thought I'd chicken out, but I've completed the circle now."--Sean Bean (Boromir) on Orlando
"He had to stop at every shop to get Christmas presents. It was pouring with rain, so I was saying: 'Look, we've got to get going or there's going to be a landslide'. And sure enough, there was. We turned back to find another one so we were stuck in the middle of nowhere."--Sean Bean (Boromir) on Orlando's shopping
"We tried to cast the most perfect human beings we could find [as elves], like Cate Blanchett and Liv Tyler and Orlando Bloom."--Peter Jackson
"Orlando is crazy! He's probably one of the most impulsive/energetic people I know. He can't sit still for a finite period of time. He was constantly trying to talk us into buying bikes or go bungee jumping. (laughs). He is really funny. The ideas just kept flowing. He's always fun to be out with because you never know where you'll end up. It's like a spinning top. You pull the string and off he goes! (laughs)"--Elijah Wood (Frodo)
"Orlando and I went motorcycle riding together (laughs) and he was crazier than I. I have this self-preservation thing that he doesn't have. The motorcycle guide said, "Don't go up there." We go along the trail and turn and don't see Orlando; there he was at the top of the place we were specifically told not to go. (laughs)"--Sean Astin (Sam)
"I would describe Orlando as incredibly funny, reliable, trustful and friendly, well-educated, polite, good-smelling..."--Andre Schneider
