Quotes About Richard Armitage

#1. Look back. Look back at me.
Richard Armitage spoke this line in the movie North and South as he watched Miss Hale drive away in a carriage.

Elizabeth Gaskell

#2. The central thesis of the American failure in Afghanistan - the one you'll hear from politicians and pundits and even scholars - was succinctly propounded by Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage: 'The war in Iraq drained resources from Afghanistan before things were under control'.

Anand Gopal

#3. Richard Armitage is very good at the old horse riding because of course he did it in 'Robin Hood,' so he's very good at that.

James Nesbitt

#4. We know that after September 11, there were still terrorists around. We do get continuing information that they're intent on causing some damage and harm to not only U.S. interests but allied interests.

Richard Armitage

#5. 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.

Richard C. Armitage

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

Richard Armitage

#7. Whenever you're out of town, no matter modern communications, you feel a little bit out of touch.

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#8. 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.

Richard C. Armitage

#9. You can't reject anything in your life as an artist. Everything has its use.

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#10. I think that although we say we don't want to be the policeman of the world and et cetera, when 911 is dialed, it's the United States that has to answer the call.

Richard Armitage

#11. To survive in a profession like this, you have to have absolute discipline and commitment, and I did not quite have it for musical theater.

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#12. I was in a production of 'Macbeth.'

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#13. I have a visual mind, so when I read a book, I get an instant picture in my head and it's very clear.

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#14. Iran has interest in seeing that the Shia population of Iraq basically adhere to a line that comes from Iran.

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#15. You fight for certain roles, and you realise they're being filled by television and film actors, because theatre is constantly fighting for survival and they need names and faces and ticket sales.

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#16. I would not suggest the U.S. should sit down with the North Koreans bilaterally immediately after they've fired missiles - because the appearance is that you reward bad behavior. But if North Korea behaves for some period of time, I would pretty much favor direct talks.

Richard Armitage

#17. Well, first of all, I have to say that Iraq has already used weapons of mass destruction against her own people and against Iranians during their long war, so we know that weapons of mass destruction are existent with the Iraqis.

Richard Armitage

#18. I wouldn't want a tattoo at all. They're difficult to cover up.

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#19. The interesting roles have only come since I got into my 30s. But I didn't know that was going to happen.

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#20. You can spend a bit of yourself when you give yourself to a character. At the end of a job, you have to remind yourself who and what you are.

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#21. I'm looking forward to getting fat and old.

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#22. Diplomacy is much more than just talking to your friends ... You've got to talk to people who aren't our friends, and even people you dislike.

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#23. The narrative that Peter Jackson has put into 'The Battle of the Five Armies,' it stands alone as a film. Rather than just finishing off the story, it's like a whole new adventure all of its own. I'm very excited about it.

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#24. 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.

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#25. Some of the mail I've had has been weird. When I played Guy of Gisborne, a woman crocheted a mini-version of me.

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#26. 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.

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#27. Tolkien made dwarf sign language because, you know, it's too loud to talk in the mines.

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#28. I try to keep at a non-obsessive level of fitness. It's not about looking great, it's about just feeling good. So I do a lot of yoga. Bikram just blows my mind. It's mental as well as physical; if I don't train, I get very depressed.

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#29. I'd like to act in a film without special effects.

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#30. I value my ability to keep state secrets.

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#31. 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'.

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#32. People get to know me slowly and over the course of time. I'll probably still be a newcomer when I'm 60.

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#33. I never like to go out of character when filming starts. I fear that if I do, I might not be able to pick it up again.

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#34. You know, there's a real irony in U.S. assistance programs. First of all, I think it's misnamed. We're not so much trying to help people as we're trying to help ourselves. So let's be clear about this. So these are - in my view, they're cold calculations of national security and not aid programs.

Richard Armitage

#35. Small, slow growth is the best I expect from an investment. I'm a real saver: frugal - like my parents.

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#36. There are ways to pursue political change. In a democracy, it's through the ballot box. There are other ways, and many democracies have many different systems of democracy.

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#37. I think that internal conflict works very well, because, after all, all the best drama is fuelled by conflict.

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#38. What could be better in al-Qaeda's mind than to have India and Pakistan going at each other? What more to further their aims?

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#39. My mum will not speak above a low whisper in public because she doesn't want to draw attention to herself.

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#40. Once you don't smile on film, they say, 'Let's have that bloke who doesn't smile.'

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#41. I think insanity is the hardest thing to play.

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#42. I'd have described myself as a Tolkien reader before this, but now I'd describe myself as a Tolkien geek.

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#43. I'm not interested in building wealth, which is kind of naive and probably frowned on, living in America. It's something that people don't necessarily understand, but if I die poor, I die poor.

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#44. Whatever I lack in talent I have in stamina.

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#45. I don't really like making too much of a statement with what I'm wearing.

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#46. True satisfaction and true justice, in my belief, will only come for Americans, and for that matter now for Spaniards and Turks and Saudis and Moroccans, when we put an end to terrorism.

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#47. I'd like a bit of a crack at some kind of anarchic comedy, but whether or not I'm skillful enough at it all, we'll see.

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#48. 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.'

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#49. I don't know if, at the end of the day, how brave Saddam Hussein would be if he were stripped of his bodyguards and everything else.

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#50. I was an estate agent for three years. That was pretty grim.

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#51. If you're used to being a maverick, then people don't get surprised when you start acting strangely.

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#52. Often you find the character through the things they say. How they talk about other people, how they describe themselves - which is very rare.

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#53. Tolkien was, I believe, writing about his experience in the First and Second World Wars, where he would have spent a lot of time without any female contact. He was part of the fellowship of men who went to war, and I think, really, that's what he's writing about.

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#54. I have an accountant, obviously, because I'm self employed, and I use an independent financial adviser. I trust my accountant because we have worked together for a long time now.

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#55. I've become one of those actors who find it difficult to say 'no' when things are offered.

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#56. I'm probably not very good at rom-com, being funny on demand; I'll leave that to the comedians.

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#57. I think if I had come out of drama school and been an instant Hollywood superstar, I would be taking long, leisurely holidays.

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#58. I didn't become an actor because I thought I'd make lots of money.

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#59. I do believe in pensions.

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#60. There's a very strong force in Tolkien's characters.

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#61. I kind of got lost down a road of TV and film, so it's great to come back to theatre.

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#62. Light, trivial comedy does not appeal - it is not something I go to see.

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#63. Te Papa Museum is brilliant.

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#64. I think most five-foot-two people would be quite offended if they were to be called dwarves.

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#65. 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.

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#66. Give me a character that has an heroic quality, and I'll go there.

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#67. There is a growing recognition about China as a power in the ascent, and there is a question out there about what China will do with their new ascension.

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#68. The war we are fighting today against terrorism is a multifaceted fight. We have to use every tool in our toolkit to wage this war - diplomacy, finance, intelligence, law enforcement, and of course, military power - and we are developing new tools as we go along.

Richard Armitage

#69. Monet was like a conductor. He painted with quite a straight arm and used bold strokes.

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#70. A terrorist is one who kills innocents for the pursuit of a political aim.

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#71. We've had Saudis and Jordanians and Pakistanis who have - and Syrians - who have been involved in armed attacks against coalition forces in Iraq.

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#72. As far as this citizen is concerned, the decision to commit men and women, who are also sons and daughters, to combat is an extraordinarily important one, and not to be done to just feel good; to be done to absolutely accomplish a mission.

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#73. I'd say that, to be a good deal maker, you have to have 3 basic characteristics - timing, timing, and timing.

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#74. When you already have a following, people are more likely to employ you.

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#75. North Korea is not an insane nation. It is not a crazy nation.

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#76. U.S. assistance provides the Jordanian government needed flexibility to pursue policies that are of critical importance to U.S. national security and to foreign policy objectives in the Middle East.

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#77. I've never been that cute kid that was forgiven for being naughty.

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#78. In school, I was a beanpole with a nose I hadn't grown into.

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#79. Be prepared to be bombed. Be prepared to go back to the Stone Age.

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#80. It's bloody annoying being shy. I'll spend a whole evening at a party asking everyone else about themselves. I'm not being self-deprecating; it's because I'm too shy to talk about myself. So people come away from the evening actually having learnt nothing about me.

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

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#82. I speak some dwarvish.

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#83. Everyone loves a good baddie.

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#84. The CIA estimates that Iraq probably has a few hundred metric tons of chemical weapons agents, for mustard gas, sarin, and other deadly concoctions. This is addition to an extensive capacity to produce biological weapons, including anthrax and ricin, which is fatal within 24 to 36 hours of exposure.

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#85. Let's face it, the Obama administration was handed a pretty poor deal from the previous administration.

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#86. It is possible to work out of New York on film and television and still not lose your connection to theater.

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#87. 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.

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#88. I've done an awful lot of skiing all over Europe: I've done Italy, Austria, France. I skied loads in New Zealand - I did pretty much every ski slope I could find.

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#89. I think my fighting skills have certainly been improved by working with Peter Jackson.

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#90. 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.

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#91. I think most conflicts do end with negotiated settlements; some don't, but most do.

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#92. As an actor, you're like, 'Yeah, I want that phone call from Peter Jackson saying, 'You're my first choice for Thorin Oakenshield.'

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#93. It fills me with dismay sometimes when you look at the scripts that do come to you that are primarily focused on violence. There are so many other things to play around with.

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#94. The development of weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to carry them would be a very destabilizing effect, should Iran be able to accomplish that.

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#95. You know, to an extent, Method acting feels occasionally lazy.

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#96. 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.

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#97. I have been to the theater more since I have lived in New York than I ever really did in London working on a television show.

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#98. Secretary Clinton has dramatically changed the face of U.S. foreign policy globally for the good. But I wish she had been unleashed more by the White House.

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#99. I'm a late developer in everything. I have a fast mind and fast metabolism, and I'm an intense worker, but in terms of life development, I'm way behind.

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#100. Do people really think that about my nose? I spent my whole life hating it, so it's amusing that people like it!

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