Quotes from Richard C. Armitage

Adults will not necessarily laugh at the same thing as their children.

Te Papa Museum is brilliant.

Someone told me a woman bought a dog so she could take it to the same park where I go running, but I'm hoping that's rubbish.

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

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 did quite a lot of menial jobs. I was a waiter, an inventory clerk touring round properties listing cups and saucers, and a laserquest marshal.

You've got to have baddies that you can boo.

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

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.

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

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

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

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 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.

I wouldn't even dare to sing like Ed Sheeran.

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

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

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.

It fills me with dismay sometimes when you look at the scripts that do come to you that are primarily focused on violence. There are so many other things to play around with.

I was in a production of 'Macbeth.'