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Richard C. Armitage
British
Actor
Born:
Aug 22
,
1971
Because
Like
Me
People
Think
You
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I think if I had come out of drama school and been an instant Hollywood superstar, I would be taking long, leisurely holidays.
Richard C. Armitage
School
Long
Think
Drama
Drama School
Out
Would
Would-Be
Superstar
Had
Instant
Taking
Come
Been
Leisurely
Holidays
Hollywood
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.
Richard C. Armitage
Jobs
Marshal
Properties
Inventory
Touring
Clerk
Waiter
Lot
Cups
Did
Quite
Quite A Lot
Listing
Round
Monet was like a conductor. He painted with quite a straight arm and used bold strokes.
Richard C. Armitage
Strokes
He
Arm
Like
Conductor
Quite
Straight
Used
Painted
Bold
The scariest stunt I've ever done was on 'Captain America.' We were doing some underwater sequence. I was in a submarine, and Chris Evans had to break the glass, and the water had to fill up quickly in the submarine.
Richard C. Armitage
Water
Scariest
Some
Had
Glass
Stunt
Doing
Underwater
Were
Up
Submarine
Quickly
America
Done
Break
Sequence
Captain
Captain America
Fill
Chris
Ever
I feel like my imagination was crafted by Tolkien. He seemed to tap into that childhood intrigue of secret doors and hidden worlds.
Richard C. Armitage
Doors
Imagination
Worlds
Secret
Hidden
Intrigue
Seemed
He
Feel
Like
Tap
Crafted
Childhood
Tolkien
It is possible to work out of New York on film and television and still not lose your connection to theater.
Richard C. Armitage
Work
Lose
Television
Out
Possible
New
Still
York
New York
Theater
Work Out
Your
Connection
Film
Film And Television
Light, trivial comedy does not appeal - it is not something I go to see.
Richard C. Armitage
Light
Comedy
See
Something
Trivial
Does
Go
Appeal
I didn't become an actor because I thought I'd make lots of money.
Richard C. Armitage
Money
Thought
Become
Make
Because
Lots
Actor
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.
Richard C. Armitage
People
Wealth
Building
Living
Kind
Something
Naive
Understand
America
Die
Frowned
Not Interested
Which
Interested
Poor
Necessarily
People get to know me slowly and over the course of time. I'll probably still be a newcomer when I'm 60.
Richard C. Armitage
Time
Me
People
Slowly
Over
Know
Course
Still
Get
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.
Richard C. Armitage
Life
Mind
Late
Everything
Way
Developer
Development
Terms
Metabolism
Intense
Behind
Worker
Fast
I don't think actors need to go on pedestals. I don't buy it.
Richard C. Armitage
Buy
Think
Go
Actor
Need
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.
Richard C. Armitage
Myself
Me
People
Party
Nothing
Too
Else
Everyone
Everyone Else
Spend
About
Having
Come
Self-Deprecating
Talk
Annoying
Because
Learnt
Bloody
Being
Themselves
Asking
Whole
Evening
Away
Actually
Shy
You can't reject anything in your life as an artist. Everything has its use.
Richard C. Armitage
Life
You
Everything
Artist
Anything
Use
Your
Reject
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.'
Richard C. Armitage
Life
War
World
Think
Everything
Rings
Some
About
Writes
He
Also
Wrote
Him
Read
Lord
Lord Of The Rings
His
Loss
Lot
Friends
Very
Close
Close Friends
Hobbit
Experiences
Which
Fascinated
Tolkien
Biographies
World War
World War I
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.
Richard C. Armitage
Every
France
Slope
Find
Pretty
Could
Over
New
Italy
Lot
Austria
Did
Done
New Zealand
Ski
Much
Skiing
Europe
Zealand
Awful
Awful Lot
Loads
I'm looking forward to getting fat and old.
Richard C. Armitage
Old
Looking
Looking Forward
Getting
Forward
Fat
I am just not a water baby. I can swim, but I just don't.
Richard C. Armitage
Water
Baby
Am
Just
Swim
I'm not much of a show-off.
Richard C. Armitage
Much
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.
Richard C. Armitage
Character
You
Yourself
Job
Spend
Bit
Give
Remind
End
Who
I have a visual mind, so when I read a book, I get an instant picture in my head and it's very clear.
Richard C. Armitage
Book
Mind
Picture
Visual
Instant
Clear
Head
Read
Very
Get
There's a very strong force in Tolkien's characters.
Richard C. Armitage
Strong
Characters
Force
Very
Tolkien
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.
Richard C. Armitage
Time
Together
Trust
Financial
Long
Long Time
Independent
Self
Employed
Obviously
Adviser
Because
Accountant
Worked
Use
Now
I do believe in pensions.
Richard C. Armitage
Believe
Pensions
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