Richard C. Armitage
Richard C. Armitage
interested money
Personally, I'm not interested in getting more money for what I do; I'm just interested in more money being put into the production.
enjoy enjoying happier leave life rather watching
My instruction to my parents is that I would rather they enjoy their retirement than leave me anything when they go. I am much happier watching them enjoying life.
painted quite
Monet was like a conductor. He painted with quite a straight arm and used bold strokes.
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.
chris fill quickly scariest stunt underwater
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.
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.'
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.