Richard Madden

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

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

“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 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.'”

“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. It's not easy being known as 'the kid from the TV show.' Not in school it's not.”

“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 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.”

“No one in safe in 'Game of Thrones.'”

“I was a nervous kid, not great socially.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

“I have such pride in my job.”

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

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