Richard Madden Quotes

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

No one in safe in 'Game of Thrones.'

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

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.

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

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 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.

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

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

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

I love 'Doctor Who.'

I love Jon Snow's character.

Dancing is not one of my talents. But when you've had a few drinks anyone is a good dancer, right?

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 have to throw yourself into a situation of trust with these things, especially that first day when you don't know someone and you're on a massive Disney Hollywood movie set.

I know people like Jon Snow a lot.

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

I went to drama school in Scotland.

I believe in love at first sight and hindsight.

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.

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.

I didn't get dizzy, but I love working with horses.

I don't find it hard to stay humble.

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.

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

I love Lady Stoneheart!

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

You learn something new on every film.

I try to be outdoors as much as I can.

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.

I was a nervous kid, not great socially.

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

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

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.

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.

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.'

I trained three or four days a week for two and a half months, before they'd even let me near the real dress. And I destroyed two practice dresses completely. They were just ripped to shreds. They looked like cats had gotten a hold of them.