'Vikings' has been a great experience. You get so many great friends. And I love Ireland and the people and crew. It's a beautiful place.
— Travis Fimmel
I'm comfortable in any situation. I don't have fears about a lot of things. It's not a survival thing, but on a farm, you always look after yourself. You're very independent, but you're still very family-oriented.
On 'Vikings,' nobody's got an ego. Michael Hirst is just so open and so collaborative.
It's beautiful, shooting in Ireland. It's an amazing country.
Any set in the world, I feel ridiculous. There's a lot of ridiculousness in my job. The people are the fun part. But, it's not fun enough to do it for free.
It's very hard to play a man without any flaws.
Women are so complicated, it's unbelievable.
I've been misunderstood when it comes to women. I've got a big heart and a little brain. But I love women being women; there's something about their skin. I do love strong, independent women, but they are definitely complicated.
I'd rather be a guy that can build a house or fix a car than be able to walk like a ballet dancer.
There are so many good stories about the Vikings.
I'm not good at concentrating.
George Blagden is a great actor.
My idea of working out is drinking whiskey - instead of beer.
It's a good challenge as an actor to express feelings without saying too many words.
I love being an idiot, and acting lets you be an idiot.
I wish you could make money and people never saw what you did. Then you could relax and not care about how bad you are.
I've been lucky to do the job I do because I've travelled, and that's probably the best perk of the job... well, that and the free lunches.
Nobody wants to play a one-dimensional character.
I grew up on a farm. We had 11 dogs and, like, 1,500 cattle.
Your job as an actor, I guess, is just to make people relate to the character.
Gabriel Byrne is just an amazing fellow and an amazing actor.
That's the only thing I'm jealous about 'Game of Thrones': they get to go to Spain all the time.
I think there should be comedy in everything; it doesn't matter what you're doing.
As soon as I finish a job, I'm like, 'Geez, I got away with that, and I got paid all right!' But then you get to the press junket, and I'm like, 'Oh God, this is where you earn your money.'
I think I discovered I wanted to be an actor when I got the first pay cheque.
There's a lot of sacrifices you have to make to be the boss.
I didn't know exactly what a hipster was until we were in Brooklyn. It's like a species. On first seeing it, I was like, 'Oh my God, oh my God...' Pre-tt-y fun-ny.
I don't like to be the only person talking in a room.
I've never worked out, mate. It doesn't interest me.
I'd be rich if I didn't drink.
I like cable: you only work four months out of the year and have the other eight months to do movies if you want.
My dad and one brother are working the farm. They laughed when I said I wanted to act. We work very hard, but for my family, it's just another experience in life, y'know?
I'm always getting texts asking why I'm not responding on Instagram or Facebook, and I'm like, 'It's not me. You're writing to some stranger.'
I don't have a place anywhere but Australia; I just don't spend much time there.
Where I'm from, you go to college, become a carpenter or something, and stay in the district.
As a kid, my nickname was Tarzan. I never wore shoes, and I walked around and fished and camped out and just was a grub.
The landscape in Ireland is just - I've never been in such a beautiful place with the lakes and ocean and everything.
I'm always happy for a job. It's all fun.
I hate speeches.
I like Rebecca Miller and her writing. She's a tremendous writer and director.
'Vikings' is filmed in Ireland, and 400 people get jobs from that show. Their economy is not that good, so I'm proud of what we've done and will do anything to help that show.
I've always built furniture and done farm work.
Because the Vikings never documented anything - they couldn't read or write - the history is always gonna be a little up in the air.
I'm a hell of a bloody good dancer.
Religion is such a path with people.
I can't drink if I have to get up early, man. It kills me.
The Vikings were the last people to fight with axes, which must have been horrible.
There is nothing better than an attractive woman who doesn't act attractive.
I'm not one of those little kids that grow up wanting to be an actor.
I'm always just travelling out of a suitcase. You get used to it.
