Whatever I lack in talent I have in stamina.

- Richard C. Armitage

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

- Richard C. Armitage

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

- Richard C. Armitage

Everyone loves a good baddie.

- Richard C. 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

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

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

- Richard C. Armitage

If you're used to being a maverick, then people don't get surprised when you start acting strangely.

- Richard C. Armitage

I think insanity is the hardest thing to play.

- Richard C. Armitage

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

- Richard C. Armitage

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

- 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

Te Papa Museum is brilliant.

- Richard C. Armitage

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.'

- 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

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

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

Trying to please everyone can be very hard, but, like 'Shrek' or 'The Simpsons,' 'Robin Hood' manages to entertain adults and children at the same time, but in different ways.

- Richard C. Armitage

I've never been that cute kid that was forgiven for being naughty.

- Richard C. Armitage