Richard Armitage Quotes
I'd have described myself as a Tolkien reader before this, but now I'd describe myself as a Tolkien geek.
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 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.
Do people really think that about my nose? I spent my whole life hating it, so its amusing that people like it!
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.
I think if I had come out of drama school and been an instant Hollywood superstar, I would be taking long, leisurely holidays.
The problem with me is I read everything, but it's only the bad stuff that stays with me. It's weird, you only need to be told something once and it stays with you.
I think most conflicts do end with negotiated settlements; some don't, but most do.
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.
Unfortunately, my love life is nil. I'm working too much - but I would like to settle down at some point.
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.
I know what Twitter is; I don't use it. I don't use Facebook, so luckily, it does zero to my ego.
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?
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'.
You have to remove your human sentiment when it comes to greed and the accumulation of wealth.
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.
I think understanding or comprehension is probably the strongest emotion that you feel, or at least some kind of empathy.
Sometimes I hate the job that I do as an actor. I feel like I'm just of no importance in the world, but sometimes you get a real thrill out of the diversity of the work.
I think, as a general matter, clearly, the United States globally supports the development of democracy and the democratic yearnings of all people.
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.
I think what Osama bin Laden does is to take the fact that some peoples lack hope and lack opportunity, and twist it to his own ends.
I come from very conservative parents, and we weren't particularly wealthy, but we were comfortable.
Iran has interest in seeing that the Shia population of Iraq basically adhere to a line that comes from Iran.
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.
Let's face it, the Obama administration was handed a pretty poor deal from the previous administration.
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.
I'd say that, to be a good deal maker, you have to have three basic characteristics - timing, timing, and timing.
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.
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.
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.
