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If you're used to being a maverick, then people don't get surprised when you start acting strangely.
— Richard C. Armitage
The campaign against terrorism is going to be global and it's going to be long and there's reason to expect there will be difficulties along the way.
— Richard Armitage
Do people really think that about my nose? I spent my whole life hating it, so it's amusing that people like it!
— Richard C. Armitage
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.
— Richard C. Armitage
Te Papa Museum is brilliant.
— Richard C. Armitage
Diplomacy is much more than just talking to your friends ... You've got to talk to people who aren't our friends, and even people you dislike.
— Richard Armitage
As an actor, you're like, 'Yeah, I want that phone call from Peter Jackson saying, 'You're my first choice for Thorin Oakenshield.'
— Richard C. Armitage
You've got to have baddies that you can boo.
— Richard C. Armitage
I am just not a water baby. I can swim, but I just don't.
— Richard C. Armitage
I'd have described myself as a Tolkien reader before this, but now I'd describe myself as a Tolkien geek.
— Richard Armitage
You know, to an extent, Method acting feels occasionally lazy.
— Richard C. Armitage
Once you don't smile on film, they say, 'Let's have that bloke who doesn't smile.'
— Richard C. Armitage
We've had Saudis and Jordanians and Pakistanis who have - and Syrians - who have been involved in armed attacks against coalition forces in Iraq.
— Richard Armitage
I wouldn't even dare to sing like Ed Sheeran.
— Richard C. Armitage
Light, trivial comedy does not appeal - it is not something I go to see.
— Richard C. Armitage
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.
— Richard C. Armitage
It is possible to work out of New York on film and television and still not lose your connection to theater.
— Richard C. Armitage
Whatever I lack in talent I have in stamina.
— Richard C. Armitage
I don't think actors need to go on pedestals. I don't buy it.
— Richard C. Armitage
There's a very strong force in Tolkien's characters.
— 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.
— Richard C. Armitage
I'm looking forward to getting fat and old.
— Richard C. Armitage
You can't reject anything in your life as an artist. Everything has its use.
— Richard C. Armitage
I wouldn't want a tattoo at all. They're difficult to cover up.
— Richard C. Armitage
I didn't become an actor because I thought I'd make lots of money.
— Richard C. Armitage
I have a visual mind, so when I read a book, I get an instant picture in my head and it's very clear.
— Richard C. Armitage
Small, slow growth is the best I expect from an investment. I'm a real saver: frugal - like my parents.
— Richard C. Armitage
People get to know me slowly and over the course of time. I'll probably still be a newcomer when I'm 60.
— Richard C. Armitage
Give me a character that has an heroic quality, and I'll go there.
— Richard C. Armitage
I kind of got lost down a road of TV and film, so it's great to come back to theatre.
— Richard C. Armitage
I went into musical theatre, which I'm not really cut out for - I'm not as skilled at it as other people.
— Richard C. Armitage
I think most conflicts do end with negotiated settlements; some don't, but most do.
— Richard Armitage
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.
— Richard C. Armitage
I've never been that cute kid that was forgiven for being naughty.
— Richard C. Armitage
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.
— Richard C. Armitage
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.
— Richard C. Armitage
I'm probably not very good at rom-com, being funny on demand; I'll leave that to the comedians.
— Richard C. Armitage
You have to remove your human sentiment when it comes to greed and the accumulation of wealth.
— Richard Armitage
I don't know if, at the end of the day, how brave Saddam Hussein would be if he were stripped of his bodyguards and everything else.
— Richard Armitage
I'm probably more of a new man. I'm not particularly alpha. 'Nourish and nurture' are my watchwords as opposed to 'search and destroy'.
— Richard Armitage
Let's face it, the Obama administration was handed a pretty poor deal from the previous administration.
— Richard Armitage
I'd like to live off-grid.
— Richard C. Armitage
I'd say that, to be a good deal maker, you have to have 3 basic characteristics - timing, timing, and timing.
— Richard Armitage
Richard Armitage is very good at the old horse riding because of course he did it in 'Robin Hood,' so he's very good at that.
— James Nesbitt
I know what Twitter is; I don't use it. I don't use Facebook, so luckily, it does zero to my ego.
— Richard C. Armitage
Often you find the character through the things they say. How they talk about other people, how they describe themselves - which is very rare.
— Richard C. Armitage
I must say I've rarely been described as 'diplomat.'
— Richard Armitage
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.
— Richard C. Armitage
I speak some dwarvish.
— Richard C. Armitage
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.
— Richard C. Armitage
I think, as a general matter, clearly, the United States globally supports the development of democracy and the democratic yearnings of all people.
— Richard Armitage
I can work hard and be disciplined like a soldier, but I could never reach their level of fitness.
— Richard C. Armitage
I think if I had come out of drama school and been an instant Hollywood superstar, I would be taking long, leisurely holidays.
— Richard C. Armitage
A terrorist is one who kills innocents for the pursuit of a political aim.
— Richard Armitage
My mum will not speak above a low whisper in public because she doesn't want to draw attention to herself.
— Richard C. Armitage
I was an estate agent for three years. That was pretty grim.
— Richard C. Armitage
What could be better in al-Qaeda's mind than to have India and Pakistan going at each other? What more to further their aims?
— Richard Armitage
I've become one of those actors who find it difficult to say 'no' when things are offered.
— Richard C. Armitage
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.
— Richard C. Armitage
Look back. Look back at me.
Richard Armitage spoke this line in the movie North and South as he watched Miss Hale drive away in a carriage. — Elizabeth Gaskell
Richard Armitage spoke this line in the movie North and South as he watched Miss Hale drive away in a carriage. — Elizabeth Gaskell
Whenever you're out of town, no matter modern communications, you feel a little bit out of touch.
— Richard Armitage
I don't really like making too much of a statement with what I'm wearing.
— Richard C. Armitage
I value my ability to keep state secrets.
— Richard Armitage
Some of the mail I've had has been weird. When I played Guy of Gisborne, a woman crocheted a mini-version of me.
— Richard C. Armitage
I'm the only honest person in Washington.
— Richard Armitage
I think most five-foot-two people would be quite offended if they were to be called dwarves.
— Richard C. Armitage
When you already have a following, people are more likely to employ you.
— Richard C. Armitage
Monet was like a conductor. He painted with quite a straight arm and used bold strokes.
— Richard C. Armitage
I think that internal conflict works very well, because, after all, all the best drama is fuelled by conflict.
— Richard C. Armitage
I love being grungy and dirty.
— Richard C. Armitage
Unfortunately, my love life is nil. I'm working too much - but I would like to settle down at some point.
— Richard Armitage
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.
— Richard C. Armitage
I come from very conservative parents, and we weren't particularly wealthy, but we were comfortable.
— Richard C. Armitage
North Korea is not an insane nation. It is not a crazy nation.
— Richard Armitage
I think what Osama bin Laden does is to take the fact that some peoples lack hope and lack opportunity, and twist it to his own ends.
— Richard Armitage
Everyone loves a good baddie.
— Richard C. Armitage
I think insanity is the hardest thing to play.
— Richard C. Armitage
Tolkien made dwarf sign language because, you know, it's too loud to talk in the mines.
— Richard C. Armitage
I'd like to act in a film without special effects.
— Richard C. Armitage
The interesting roles have only come since I got into my 30s. But I didn't know that was going to happen.
— Richard C. Armitage
I want to live in Middle-earth, actually.
— Richard C. Armitage
I was in a production of 'Macbeth.'
— Richard C. Armitage
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.
— Richard C. Armitage
I have a bit of pride, which is always my downfall.
— Richard C. Armitage
I think my fighting skills have certainly been improved by working with Peter Jackson.
— Richard C. Armitage
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.
— Richard C. Armitage
Iran has interest in seeing that the Shia population of Iraq basically adhere to a line that comes from Iran.
— Richard Armitage
In school, I was a beanpole with a nose I hadn't grown into.
— Richard C. Armitage
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.
— Richard C. Armitage
The bad guys have all the fun!
— Richard Armitage
Be prepared to be bombed. Be prepared to go back to the Stone Age.
— Richard Armitage
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.
— Richard C. Armitage
I'm not much of a show-off.
— Richard C. Armitage
Adults will not necessarily laugh at the same thing as their children.
— Richard C. Armitage
I feel like my imagination was crafted by Tolkien. He seemed to tap into that childhood intrigue of secret doors and hidden worlds.
— Richard C. Armitage
I do believe in pensions.
— Richard C. Armitage