Richard C. Armitage
Richard C. Armitage
mom
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.
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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.
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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.
I'm looking forward to getting fat and old.
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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.
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Small, slow growth is the best I expect from an investment. I'm a real saver: frugal - like my parents.
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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.'
money
I didn't become an actor because I thought I'd make lots of money.
people
If you're used to being a maverick, then people don't get surprised when you start acting strangely.
people
I think most five-foot-two people would be quite offended if they were to be called dwarves.
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The scariest stunt I've ever done was on 'Captain America.' We were doing some underwater sequence. I was in a submarine, and Chris Evans had to break the glass, and the water had to fill up quickly in the submarine.
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Tolkien made dwarf sign language because, you know, it's too loud to talk in the mines.
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As an actor, you're like, 'Yeah, I want that phone call from Peter Jackson saying, 'You're my first choice for Thorin Oakenshield.'
Give me a character that has an heroic quality, and I'll go there.