Top 44 Richard C. Armitage Quotes

Give me a character that has an heroic quality, and I’ll go there.

I have a bit of pride, which is always my downfall.

Being thought of as sexy makes one employable, but it’s not going to last forever, so I try not to think about it. It’s like something that exists outside of me.

I can’t bear shopping. I can choose clothes for my characters, but not for myself. I’ve got no dress sense. Or I’ve lost it.

I’ve become one of those actors who find it difficult to say ‘no’ when things are offered.

I try to keep at a non-obsessive level of fitness. It’s not about looking great, it’s about just feeling good. So I do a lot of yoga. Bikram just blows my mind. It’s mental as well as physical; if I don’t train, I get very depressed.

I can work hard and be disciplined like a soldier, but I could never reach their level of fitness.

There’s a very strong force in Tolkien’s characters.

As an actor, you’re like, ‘Yeah, I want that phone call from Peter Jackson saying, ‘You’re my first choice for Thorin Oakenshield.’

I wouldn’t want a tattoo at all. They’re difficult to cover up.

To survive in a profession like this, you have to have absolute discipline and commitment, and I did not quite have it for musical theater.

I confess I’ve got a yearning to go to Los Angeles, but I can’t work out if it is because a lot of British actors seem to go or because there’s this perception that the bottom has fallen out of British drama, so therefore, it’s the place to head for.

Tolkien made dwarf sign language because, you know, it’s too loud to talk in the mines.

I was in a production of ‘Macbeth.’

You know, to an extent, Method acting feels occasionally lazy.

Te Papa Museum is brilliant.

People like continuity, and the good old cliffhanger every week is something they enjoy. I enjoy it – I don’t want to dip into just one episode when I turn on the TV.

I feel like my imagination was crafted by Tolkien. He seemed to tap into that childhood intrigue of secret doors and hidden worlds.

I have been to the theater more since I have lived in New York than I ever really did in London working on a television show.

When I told my mom I was going to audition for ‘The Hobbit,’ she said, ‘Well, you’ve always loved Tolkien.’ And she was right.

I suppose I’m a bit mean. My face on camera doesn’t lend itself to happy nice guys. I think it’s just that my bone structure looks menacing.

I have a visual mind, so when I read a book, I get an instant picture in my head and it’s very clear.

Everyone loves a good baddie.

I think if I had come out of drama school and been an instant Hollywood superstar, I would be taking long, leisurely holidays.

Since real spies are so good, you never really know what actual spying is. But I do think spying is a lot more dangerous than we are led to believe.

Often you find the character through the things they say. How they talk about other people, how they describe themselves – which is very rare.

Whatever I lack in talent I have in stamina.

I think insanity is the hardest thing to play.

I think my fighting skills have certainly been improved by working with Peter Jackson.

I went into musical theatre, which I’m not really cut out for – I’m not as skilled at it as other people.

I’d like a bit of a crack at some kind of anarchic comedy, but whether or not I’m skillful enough at it all, we’ll see.

You fight for certain roles, and you realise they’re being filled by television and film actors, because theatre is constantly fighting for survival and they need names and faces and ticket sales.

I think most five-foot-two people would be quite offended if they were to be called dwarves.

Monet was like a conductor. He painted with quite a straight arm and used bold strokes.

I’d like to act in a film without special effects.

I speak some dwarvish.

I didn’t become an actor because I thought I’d make lots of money.

Trying to please everyone can be very hard, but, like ‘Shrek’ or ‘The Simpsons,’ ‘Robin Hood’ manages to entertain adults and children at the same time, but in different ways.

It’s bloody annoying being shy. I’ll spend a whole evening at a party asking everyone else about themselves. I’m not being self-deprecating; it’s because I’m too shy to talk about myself. So people come away from the evening actually having learnt nothing about me.

When you already have a following, people are more likely to employ you.

My instruction to my parents is that I would rather they enjoy their retirement than leave me anything when they go. I am much happier watching them enjoying life.

I am just not a water baby. I can swim, but I just don’t.

You can spend a bit of yourself when you give yourself to a character. At the end of a job, you have to remind yourself who and what you are.

A charity donkey is where you sponsor a donkey in a sanctuary and give them three pounds a month to have some donkey nuts or something.