Latest Richard Armitage Quotes from Interviews

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• You can have your beliefs, but if you're not devout, you can't quite believe that something which grows out of a story, a book or a piece of literature can rise to dominate and make entire nations go to war with each other. I think that's endlessly fascinating, and it's a human construct. It's something that's constructed to occupy the mind and occupy society, and some people would say to control society.

  Richard Armitage

  War, Believe, Book

  Source: collider.com

• Sometimes I hate the job that I do as an actor. I feel like I'm just of no importance in the world, but sometimes you get a real thrill out of the diversity of the work.

  Richard Armitage

  Hate, Real, Diversity

• I think understanding or comprehension is probably the strongest emotion that you feel, or at least some kind of empathy.

  Richard Armitage

  Thinking, Empathy, Understanding

  Source: collider.com

• You have to remove your human sentiment when it comes to greed and the accumulation of wealth.

  Richard Armitage

  Greed, Wealth, Accumulation

  Source: collider.com

• I'm not a massive fan of 3D. I've seen some good 3D, and I've seen quite a lot of bad 3D. I think if a film is created for the shock effect of 3D, then it's a certain type of film that I'm not massively bothered about.

  Richard Armitage

  Thinking, Fans, Film

  Source: collider.com

• The problem with me is I read everything, but it's only the bad stuff that stays with me. It's weird, you only need to be told something once and it stays with you.

  Richard Armitage

  Needs, Stuff, Problem

  "Richard Armitage: 'I Was a Beanpole With a Nose I Hadn't Grown Into'". The Mirror Interview, www.mirror.co.uk. May 30, 2010.

• I'm probably more of a new man. I'm not particularly alpha. 'Nourish and nurture' are my watchwords as opposed to 'search and destroy'.

  Richard Armitage

  Men, Nurture, Alphas

  "Richard Armitage: 'I was a beanpole with a nose I hadn't grown into'". Mirror Interview, www.mirror.co.uk. May 30, 2010.

• Unfortunately, my love life is nil. I'm working too much - but I would like to settle down at some point.

  Richard Armitage

  Love Life, Too Much, Life Is

• I can work hard and be disciplined like a soldier, but I could never reach their level of fitness. I have a whole new appreciation of soldiers. I saw myself on screen and thought, 'That body is so not hard enough to be a soldier.'

  Richard Armitage

  Appreciation, Hard Work, Soldier

  "Richard Armitage: 'I was a beanpole with a nose I hadn't grown into'". Mirror Interview, www.mirror.co.uk. May 30, 2010.

• I did mega-training with ex-military men. I'd be in the gym for two hours after a 12-hour day on Spooks, and it was so hardcore I'd throw up. I stuffed myself with food and drank protein shakes to bulk up. I used to be a dancer, but I had to strap my weak ankles every day and strengthen my wrists so I could hold a machine gun. My body just wasn't up to it.

  Richard Armitage

  Military, Men, Gun

  "Richard Armitage: 'I was a beanpole with a nose I hadn't grown into'". Mirror Interview, www.mirror.co.uk. May 30, 2010.

• I can't bear shopping. I can choose clothes for my characters, but not for myself. I've got no dress sense. Or I've lost it.

  Richard Armitage

  Character, Shopping, Clothes

  "Richard Armitage: 'I was a beanpole with a nose I hadn't grown into'". Daily Mirror Interview, www.mirror.co.uk. May 30, 2010.

• It's hilarious to be considered a sex symbol. In school I was a beanpole with a nose I hadn't grown into. Being thought of as sexy makes one employable, but it's not going to last forever, so I try not to think about it. It's like something that exists outside of me.

  Richard Armitage

  Sexy, School, Thinking

  "Richard Armitage: 'I Was a Beanpole With a Nose I Hadn't Grown Into'". The Mirror Interview, www.mirror.co.uk. May 30, 2010.