Quotes from Richard C. Armitage

Personally, I'm not interested in getting more money for what I do; I'm just interested in more money being put into the production.

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.

I'm looking forward to getting fat and old.

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

A full beard looks cool.

I think insanity is the hardest thing to play.

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

I'm not a massive fan of 3D. I've seen some good 3D, and I've seen quite a lot of bad 3D. I think if a film is created for the shock effect of 3D, then it's a certain type of film that I'm not massively bothered about.

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

Once you don't smile on film, they say, 'Let's have that bloke who doesn't smile.'

I was an estate agent for three years. That was pretty grim.

In school, I was a beanpole with a nose I hadn't grown into.

It is possible to work out of New York on film and television and still not lose your connection to theater.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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 an accountant, obviously, because I'm self employed, and I use an independent financial adviser. I trust my accountant because we have worked together for a long time now.

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.