Richard C. Armitage Quotes

Richard C. Armitage

Profession : Actor

Birth : August 22, 1971

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

Richard C. Armitage

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

Richard C. Armitage

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.

Richard C. Armitage

A full beard looks cool.

Richard C. Armitage

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

Richard C. Armitage

I'm looking forward to getting fat and old.

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

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 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

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

Whatever I lack in talent I have in stamina.

Richard C. Armitage

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

Richard C. Armitage

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.

Richard C. Armitage

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

Richard C. Armitage

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.

Richard C. Armitage

Te Papa Museum is brilliant.

Richard C. Armitage

I speak some dwarvish.

Richard C. Armitage

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

Richard C. Armitage

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

Richard C. 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