Richard Madden

Actor

74 Quotes

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

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.

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.'

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.'

I just love to be able to actually build a character.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

I have such pride in my job.

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

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

You learn something new on every film.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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