When you're not in studios, you don't have any luxuries; you can't control the elements, so you have to put up with those extremes.
— Richard Madden
I like to try to change things up a bit in the way that actors such as Philip Seymour Hoffman or Michael Fassbender did and do.
I was a nervous kid, not great socially.
I think it's good for an actor to bounce between stuff on camera and stuff in theatre. If I could do half and half every year I would be a very, very happy man.
When I'm not working, I like to be comfortable. I do like to dress smart, but comfort is important.
One of the most beautiful things about 'Game of Thrones' is it's told from so many different points of view, and these characters can convince you that what they're doing is right. But they're only showing you a bit of the picture, and when you see it from another character's point of view you may switch allegiances.
I'm a sci-fi guy. But I like fantasy too.
It's nice to have recognition for doing a good job, but at the end of the day, I'm just an actor and I'm doing my job and I'm always trying to get better at doing that job.
You have to be delicate with how you can portray characters other people are having a worship over.
I can see how child stars can be thrown off-kilter.
I love Jon Snow's character.
I'd love to do something on Broadway. I'd love to spend some time in New York.
When I was younger, I did a TV show in the U.K. for a couple years, and I learned a lot from that. It taught me a lot about being known amongst your peers and having to deal with a lot of derision from them. It's not easy being known as 'the kid from the TV show.' Not in school it's not.
Typically in 'Game of Thrones,' people who are honest and just and do things for the right reasons tend not to survive.
I like clothes and fashion. It's a hobby for me and I really enjoy being part of it, so it's nice when people say: 'He can dress quite well.'
When I was younger, I did a TV show in the U.K. for a couple years, and I learned a lot from that. It taught me a lot about being known amongst your peers and having to deal with a lot of derision from them.
Bill Haskell was real.
I was always a bit old for my age, then suddenly I'm on set, working alongside the adults, skipping school completely for two years.
I think often I learn the most from other people's mistakes. If I'm in the audience watching an actor and thinking, 'I don't believe you,' I spend the rest of the play working out why I don't believe them.
You act at being a man, and before you know it, you are one.
I'm an actor and my job is to interpret.
Google is the enemy. I would tell that to anyone who enjoys any TV show like 'Game of Thrones' to avoid it; it spoils so many storylines.
Doing jobs that are completely different to the last thing I did pushes me as an actor to change as much as I can. It would be easy for me to stay in a similar vein of characters or jobs, but I'm drawn to challenging myself.
I try to live honestly in every aspect of my life, which can make things a bit more complicated, right?
