Richard C. Armitage
Richard C. Armitage
feels method
You know, to an extent, Method acting feels occasionally lazy.
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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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.
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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.
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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.
I'd like to act in a film without special effects.