Richard C. Armitage
Richard C. Armitage
best expect frugal growth slow
Small, slow growth is the best I expect from an investment. I'm a real saver: frugal - like my parents.
water
I am just not a water baby. I can swim, but I just don't.
Give me a character that has an heroic quality, and I'll go there.
call jackson peter
As an actor, you're like, 'Yeah, I want that phone call from Peter Jackson saying, 'You're my first choice for Thorin Oakenshield.'
dwarf sign tolkien
Tolkien made dwarf sign language because, you know, it's too loud to talk in the mines.
I'd like to act in a film without special effects.
people
I think most five-foot-two people would be quite offended if they were to be called dwarves.
people
If you're used to being a maverick, then people don't get surprised when you start acting strangely.
money
I didn't become an actor because I thought I'd make lots of money.
close fascinated includes life lord tolkien war writes
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.'
blows feeling fitness good great level looking mental
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.
charity donkey month nuts pounds sanctuary sponsor three
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.
trivial
Light, trivial comedy does not appeal - it is not something I go to see.
lose possible work york
It is possible to work out of New York on film and television and still not lose your connection to theater.