Top 91 Quotes & Sayings by Richard C. Armitage - Page 2

I come from very conservative parents, and we weren't particularly wealthy, but we were comfortable.

A full beard looks cool.

You can't reject anything in your life as an artist. Everything has its use.

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

I want to be strong enough to cope with the roles, but I don't want to be cast as the guy that takes his shirt off.

People get to know me slowly and over the course of time. I'll probably still be a newcomer when I'm 60.

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.

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

Small, slow growth is the best I expect from an investment. I'm a real saver: frugal - like my parents.

I don't think actors need to go on pedestals. I don't buy it.

I think insanity is the hardest thing to play.

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'd like to act in a film without special effects.

I think that when Tolkien created Gollum and the ring, he even expressed in his biography that he never really knew what he created until he went back and looked at it.

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.

I'm not much of a show-off.

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 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.

Light, trivial comedy does not appeal - it is not something I go to see.

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

I never like to go out of character when filming starts. I fear that if I do, I might not be able to pick it up again.

I'm probably not very good at rom-com, being funny on demand; I'll leave that to the comedians.

I read everything that Tolkien wrote, and also read biographies of him. I was fascinated by his experiences in World War I, which includes the loss of life of some of his very, very close friends. I think he writes about that a lot in 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings.'

I'm not interested in building wealth, which is kind of naive and probably frowned on, living in America. It's something that people don't necessarily understand, but if I die poor, I die poor.

I kind of got lost down a road of TV and film, so it's great to come back to theatre.

Tolkien was, I believe, writing about his experience in the First and Second World Wars, where he would have spent a lot of time without any female contact. He was part of the fellowship of men who went to war, and I think, really, that's what he's writing about.

My mum will not speak above a low whisper in public because she doesn't want to draw attention to herself.

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

I don't really like making too much of a statement with what I'm wearing.

I'm a late developer in everything. I have a fast mind and fast metabolism, and I'm an intense worker, but in terms of life development, I'm way behind.

The narrative that Peter Jackson has put into 'The Battle of the Five Armies,' it stands alone as a film. Rather than just finishing off the story, it's like a whole new adventure all of its own. I'm very excited about it.