Richard Armitage

Born: August 22, 1971 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK

I try to be quite a detailed actor. People were really picking up on that. Even if it was just a flicker of the eye or something, they got 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.

Live acting is a kind of adventure sport. I don’t go abseiling or snowboarding, but I sometimes think that stepping out on stage can have the same kind of adrenaline rush.