I think my fighting skills have certainly been improved by working with Peter Jackson.
— Richard C. Armitage
Everyone loves a good baddie.
People like continuity, and the good old cliffhanger every week is something they enjoy. I enjoy it - I don't want to dip into just one episode when I turn on the TV.
I did quite a lot of menial jobs. I was a waiter, an inventory clerk touring round properties listing cups and saucers, and a laserquest marshal.
I've become one of those actors who find it difficult to say 'no' when things are offered.
In school, I was a beanpole with a nose I hadn't grown into.
Adults will not necessarily laugh at the same thing as their children.
You've got to have baddies that you can boo.
Give me a character that has an heroic quality, and I'll go there.
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.
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.
I wouldn't even dare to sing like Ed Sheeran.
Te Papa Museum is brilliant.
Since real spies are so good, you never really know what actual spying is. But I do think spying is a lot more dangerous than we are led to believe.
Do people really think that about my nose? I spent my whole life hating it, so it's amusing that people like it!
I was an estate agent for three years. That was pretty grim.
Monet was like a conductor. He painted with quite a straight arm and used bold strokes.
The interesting roles have only come since I got into my 30s. But I didn't know that was going to happen.
I can work hard and be disciplined like a soldier, but I could never reach their level of fitness.
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.
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 want to live in Middle-earth, actually.
As an actor, you're like, 'Yeah, I want that phone call from Peter Jackson saying, 'You're my first choice for Thorin Oakenshield.'
Often you find the character through the things they say. How they talk about other people, how they describe themselves - which is very rare.
Some of the mail I've had has been weird. When I played Guy of Gisborne, a woman crocheted a mini-version of me.
Tolkien made dwarf sign language because, you know, it's too loud to talk in the mines.
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.
I confess I've got a yearning to go to Los Angeles, but I can't work out if it is because a lot of British actors seem to go or because there's this perception that the bottom has fallen out of British drama, so therefore, it's the place to head for.
Someone told me a woman bought a dog so she could take it to the same park where I go running, but I'm hoping that's rubbish.
I went into musical theatre, which I'm not really cut out for - I'm not as skilled at it as other people.
When you already have a following, people are more likely to employ you.
I think if I had come out of drama school and been an instant Hollywood superstar, I would be taking long, leisurely holidays.
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.
I was in a production of 'Macbeth.'
I think that internal conflict works very well, because, after all, all the best drama is fuelled by conflict.
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.
I love being grungy and dirty.
If you're used to being a maverick, then people don't get surprised when you start acting strangely.
I wouldn't want a tattoo at all. They're difficult to cover up.
I speak some dwarvish.
I think most five-foot-two people would be quite offended if they were to be called dwarves.
