Richard C. Armitage

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

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.

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.

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.

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 want to live in Middle-earth, actually.

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.

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

I think that when Tolkien created Gollum and the ring, he even expressed in his biography that he never really knew what he created until he went back and looked at it.

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

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.

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