Richard Madden Quotes

That's a really strange, unique position to be in - royalty is where you have no choice over what your duties are.

- Richard Madden

Royalty, Over, Your, No Choice

Google is the enemy. I would tell that to anyone who enjoys any TV show like 'Game of Thrones' to avoid it; it spoils so many storylines.

- Richard Madden

Game, Like, TV, Spoils

Undoubtedly there is a difference between people with money having access to the arts that people from working-class backgrounds don't have, but that's not their fault. I'm not taking anything away from these brilliant actors who are doing great stuff in Hollywood. A lot of them are my friends.

- Richard Madden

Doing, Access, Working-Class, Great Stuff

Doing Shakespeare on stage with Kenneth Branagh, I don't think it gets better than that.

- Richard Madden

Doing, Think, Better, Kenneth

I kind of started 'Game of Thrones' as a really young actor and not a lot on my CV.

- Richard Madden

Game, Kind, Young, Young Actor

I think I'd much rather have a wooden stick and metallic ball than a real dire wolf on set.

- Richard Madden

Think, I Think, Set, Wooden

The costume affects your posture, affects your walk, how you hold yourself, and how you breathe. The costumes make you deliver.

- Richard Madden

Deliver, Posture, Affects, Costume

My school didn't have a drama department. I was one of the lucky four children who got to travel twice a week to another school because our school could only afford one taxi.

- Richard Madden

Week, Lucky, Could, Department

I need to kind of get a job that's going to take me to, like, Hawaii or Rio or something, right? Maybe I need to make better decisions with that.

- Richard Madden

Need, Like, Going, Rio

Typically in 'Game of Thrones,' people who are honest and just and do things for the right reasons tend not to survive.

- Richard Madden

Game, Reasons, Right Reasons, To Survive

I'm dying to do something sci-fi! I would love to be on a spaceship and firing a laser gun! Something like that would be really awesome. Or something with dinosaurs. Or preferably both at once.

- Richard Madden

Love, Gun, Like, Laser

I'm an actor and my job is to interpret.

- Richard Madden

Job, Actor, Interpret

I try to be outdoors as much as I can.

- Richard Madden

Try, I Can, Much, Outdoors

I have two sisters, so we watched all of the Disney films. I think I still know the lyrics to them all.

- Richard Madden

Think, Still, Films, Lyrics

You have to be delicate with how you can portray characters other people are having a worship over.

- Richard Madden

How, Over, Delicate, Worship

I always try to pick my parts to be as diverse as I can, and especially when you do 'Game of Thrones' for so many months of the year.

- Richard Madden

Game, Always, Months, Diverse

I jumped off a platform, was supposed to land on a roof and slide down it, but I cleared the roof and landed on my ankle - snapped that to one side.

- Richard Madden

Roof, Side, Snapped, Slide

I think it's good for an actor to bounce between stuff on camera and stuff in theatre. If I could do half and half every year I would be a very, very happy man.

- Richard Madden

Think, I Think, Very, Happy Man

One of the most beautiful things about 'Game of Thrones' is it's told from so many different points of view, and these characters can convince you that what they're doing is right. But they're only showing you a bit of the picture, and when you see it from another character's point of view you may switch allegiances.

- Richard Madden

Game, Doing, Point Of View, Switch

I hate all the red carpet stuff. It's weird, because it's part of what's expected of you now.

- Richard Madden

Red, Part, Expected, Red Carpet

For 'Cinderella,' I did six weeks of those interviews, where you get asked the same eight questions. If you're not capable of doing that gracefully, then don't do it.

- Richard Madden

Doing, Six, Weeks, Gracefully

We don't really get to see gay characters who are completely open with their sexuality, but it doesn't define who they are.

- Richard Madden

See, Sexuality, Really, Gay

Robb Stark was a young man not expecting anything, thinking his life is going to be on one path, and then he's pushed. More weight and responsibility get put onto him; more demands are made of him. For me, as an actor, there are parallels to that.

- Richard Madden

Thinking, Him, Young, Demands

I was at a rough high school where admitting you were an actor didn't go down well.

- Richard Madden

Down, Go, Rough, Admitting

I've watched 'Doctor Who' since I was a kid. I loved it, and I still love it. I can geek out about it, like when I go to set and see the TARDIS.

- Richard Madden

Love, Still, Set, Geek

I like to try to change things up a bit in the way that actors such as Philip Seymour Hoffman or Michael Fassbender did and do.

- Richard Madden

Change, Like, Philip, Change Things

I like clothes and fashion. It's a hobby for me and I really enjoy being part of it, so it's nice when people say: 'He can dress quite well.'

- Richard Madden

Dress, Like, Part, Hobby

No one in safe in 'Game of Thrones.'

- Richard Madden

Game, Safe, Game Of Thrones

'Game of Thrones' couldn't be a movie. There's too much in it. You couldn't do it justice.

- Richard Madden

Game, Movie, Too, Game Of Thrones

Good people never survive on 'Game of Thrones.' That's the problem.

- Richard Madden

Game, Never, Survive, Game Of Thrones

I thought 'Game of Thrones' had this challenge in filming, and it's one of those things you think, 'It can't get worse than this,' because it's really cold, and you're in pain, and it's miserable.

- Richard Madden

Pain, Game, Think, Game Of Thrones

I'd really like to shave my hair off and get a bit more hard-edged.

- Richard Madden

Hair, More, Like, Shave

I believe in love at first sight and hindsight.

- Richard Madden

Love, Sight, Hindsight, I Believe In

I think meeting someone like, meeting Sam Shepard, that was someone who was kind of important for me, because I'd read so much of his work and watched him as an actor since I was a kid, then being on set doing a scene with him and thinking, 'This is really surreal.'

- Richard Madden

Doing, Kid, I Think, Meeting

I went to drama school in Scotland.

- Richard Madden

School, Drama, Drama School, Scotland

Oh, I am not naturally gifted in dancing in any way! Stupidly, I didn't go to those classes in drama school. I was like, 'I don't need that; I'll never be dancing in anything.'

- Richard Madden

Dancing, Need, Like, Drama School

I love 'Doctor Who.'

- Richard Madden

Love, Doctor, I Love, Doctor Who

You can meet lots of actors who are in their own world and do their own thing, and they have no idea what's going on and they don't know anyone's name around them.

- Richard Madden

Own, Idea, Going, No Idea

I didn't really think about wanting to be a prince when I was a kid.

- Richard Madden

Think, Kid, Wanting, Prince

I think I need to film something tropical on a beach in a bar.

- Richard Madden

Think, Tropical, I Think, Bar

I played Romeo when I was younger, and I think I did a couple kind Romeo-like parts after that, and I kind of went, 'I mustn't do this again. I must always choose something that I don't know if I'm a good enough actor to play.'

- Richard Madden

Play, Couple, Romeo, Parts

I was always a bit old for my age, then suddenly I'm on set, working alongside the adults, skipping school completely for two years.

- Richard Madden

Always, Set, Alongside, Adult

When I was younger, I did a TV show in the U.K. for a couple years, and I learned a lot from that. It taught me a lot about being known amongst your peers and having to deal with a lot of derision from them.

- Richard Madden

Deal, TV, Couple, Couple Years

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Deal, TV, Couple, Couple Years

When you're not in studios, you don't have any luxuries; you can't control the elements, so you have to put up with those extremes.

- Richard Madden

Control, Studios, Luxuries, Elements

I'm a sci-fi guy. But I like fantasy too.

- Richard Madden

Fantasy, Like, Too, Sci-Fi

Doing jobs that are completely different to the last thing I did pushes me as an actor to change as much as I can. It would be easy for me to stay in a similar vein of characters or jobs, but I'm drawn to challenging myself.

- Richard Madden

Doing, I Can, Pushes, Challenging

To be with Derek Jacobi and Stellan Skarsgard, it's a master class in acting every day.

- Richard Madden

Every Day, Class, Every, Master

I'm not naturally a gifted dancer, and I don't enjoy it.

- Richard Madden

Enjoy, Dancer, Naturally, Gifted

My best friend was really cool, and she went to a youth theatre in Paisley, so I thought maybe that's the way to do it. I went along, and I immediately found something I was passionate about and really enjoyed.

- Richard Madden

Thought, Passionate, Maybe, Paisley

Bill Haskell was real.

- Richard Madden

Real, Bill

I love Jon Snow's character.

- Richard Madden

Love, Character, I Love, Jon

I know people like Jon Snow a lot.

- Richard Madden

Snow, Like, Lot, Jon

I try to live honestly in every aspect of my life, which can make things a bit more complicated, right?

- Richard Madden

My Life, Which, Honestly, Complicated

I'm lucky to get jobs where I get these amazing film horses that make me look much better than I am.

- Richard Madden

Lucky, Film, Jobs, Horses

When I'm not working, I like to be comfortable. I do like to dress smart, but comfort is important.

- Richard Madden

Dress, Important, Like, Smart

I have such pride in my job.

- Richard Madden

Job, Pride

There's no background of creativity in my family; there are no actors or musicians.

- Richard Madden

Creativity, Musicians, Background

I love Lady Stoneheart!

- Richard Madden

Love, I Love, Lady

I've done a few old-style romantic leads now.

- Richard Madden

Romantic, Now, Few, Leads

I can see how child stars can be thrown off-kilter.

- Richard Madden

Stars, See, How, Thrown

I only have an awareness of what I'm trying to achieve as an actor and what my job as the character is to service.

- Richard Madden

Character, Trying, Actor, Awareness

It's nice to have recognition for doing a good job, but at the end of the day, I'm just an actor and I'm doing my job and I'm always trying to get better at doing that job.

- Richard Madden

Recognition, Doing, Always, Job

If ever anyone comes up to me, it's usually like, 'You look really like that guy on that show.' And you're like, 'Really?' And they're like, 'Yeah. Cool. See you later.' And you're like, 'Cool, man.'

- Richard Madden

Cool, Like, Show, Yeah

I'd love to do something on Broadway. I'd love to spend some time in New York.

- Richard Madden

Love, New, Some, Broadway

I love doing television; it's such a brilliant way to tell a story over six hours rather over the two hours of doing a movie.

- Richard Madden

Love, Doing, Over, Brilliant

I was a nervous kid, not great socially.

- Richard Madden

Great, Kid, Socially, Nervous

I think often I learn the most from other people's mistakes. If I'm in the audience watching an actor and thinking, 'I don't believe you,' I spend the rest of the play working out why I don't believe them.

- Richard Madden

Play, Other, I Think, Actor

You act at being a man, and before you know it, you are one.

- Richard Madden

Know, Act, Before, Being A Man

I don't find it hard to stay humble.

- Richard Madden

Find, Hard, Stay, Humble

You learn something new on every film.

- Richard Madden

Learn, New, Film, Something New

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