A biography for Richard Maddenhasn’t been written yet.
“You learn something new on every film.”
“I try to be outdoors as much as I can.”
“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.”
“When I'm not working, I like to be comfortable. I do like to dress smart, but comfort is important.”
“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.”
“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 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.”
“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.”
“We don't really get to see gay characters who are completely open with their sexuality, but it doesn't define who they are.”
“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.”
“I know people like Jon Snow a lot.”
“I love Jon Snow's character.”
“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.'”
“I'm a sci-fi guy. But I like fantasy too.”
“I have two sisters, so we watched all of the Disney films. I think I still know the lyrics to them all.”
“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 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 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.'”
“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.”