Kit Harington Quotations

I don't go to work thinking, 'Right, I'm going to be more heart-throbby today.'

I don't do Twitter because I don't want to talk about myself more than I already have to.

I'm a terrible packer. I don't pack lots and lots because I think I'll wear everything, I pack a lot because I never know what I'm going to need. I always go over the weight limit.

I'm very lucky, I've got two very loving parents, still very much together, and always been very supportive.

On a serious level, I wouldn't tell the press if I was in a relationship or not. I wouldn't ever reveal that, because it takes you down a certain road... I have no desire to be courting the press with my love life.

The more you fly, the more unsettling it is, because you realize how much more likely it will be for you to crash. I am getting better at it, though.

I do want to have children, but my parents had me when they were in their forties. I'd like to copy that.

I'm kind of a horse whisperer; I don't know what it is. I'm not great on a horse. I'm getting better, but I'm not brilliant. So yeah, I've spent a lot of time with horses. They're great creatures; I love them. I do love riding them when I get the chance to.

I don't want people thinking they know me instead of the character. Steve McQueen has loads of stories about him - who knows what's true? But it's great for people to fictionalize rather than know the truth.

The best people to have power are the ones who don't want it.

As an actor, you don't have much choice about your appearance. It's a good excuse for looking ridiculous.

Working with animals is always going to be tough because the animal doesn't know it's an actor.

You find with the really great actors, the ones you really admire and look up to, very often they're very giving, generous, warm people.

My parents didn't have a lot of money when I was growing up. We were comfortable, but I didn't go to Oxbridge, and yet every American interviewer I get says to me, 'You're related to Charles II! Your grandfather was a baronet!' And it's infuriating, because that is a part of my history, but you're trying to turn me into a posh boy, and I'm not.

Wearing baggy clothes makes me look shorter. I just don't know anything about fashion. I know what I like wearing. I'm always accused that I wear too much black. I love wearing black.

I was called Kit from day one; really, I only found out my name was Christopher when I was 11.

I have a wild streak, but I like to keep that very much for my friends.

I love New York; I love the city. It's impossible. It's a theme park of a city, isn't it.

I remember I had to play a blind person once, and I did this stupid thing with my eyes, and I knew the minute I started it I'd made a mistake.

I try not to read the social networks too much. I find that way madness lies.

I've always hated my voice. You sound different in your head when you hear it out loud.

I've always been a bit of a self-doubter. I think a lot of actors are.

There are lots of actors out there who are hugely, hugely talented and haven't got the breaks I've had.

There's an unhealthy obsession in America with royalty and the class system.

When I was 14, I saw 'Waiting for Godot.' It's one of those plays that if it's done badly is absolutely dire and can put you off acting for life. But I was laughing all the way through it.

When I'm applying for a new passport or something, someone will call me Christopher. Other than that, no one ever calls me Christopher.

I didn't get into this for fame, I genuinely didn't. I love acting, and I know that's a cliche, but I didn't, really, I was very naive when it came to the whole being recognized thing.

I love action. I love doing fight scenes; I always have. I love it.

I find you can lose yourself in an acting sense in a fight far more easily than you can in a dialogue scene, and I love that about it. We try as actors all the time: we strive just to completely sort of lose ourselves in the moment, and we never quite get there, but in a fight, you can do it in seconds; that is what I love about it.

We are fascinated with our own history, and we are fascinated with the Romans because they were millennia ago, and yet they still capture our imagination because they were actually so similar to us. They were very civilized. They had a very similar political system.

I actually don't do much to my hair. It gets fussed over a lot on projects because there's a lot of it, and it's boy's hair, but as far as me, I tend to let it do what it wants.

Jeff Bridges is one of those icons that I put on a very high pedestal, so just to get to chill with him off-camera on cold, rainy days was surreal.

My parents brought us up in a very clever way, which was that they saw what we were interested in naturally, and then they encouraged whatever that may be. When I started sharing a keen interest in drama and the theater, instead of steering me away from it, they encouraged me to see plays and think about drama school.

I studied history when I was at school, at A-level, actually. I wouldn't profess to being very knowledgeable though, no.

With 'Downton Abbey,' you're always stuck in one stately home.

Any kind of horror video game where I'm the first-person player and I'm... I suddenly stop caring about the video game dude, and I'm like, I really don't want him to die,' and then the minute he dies, it upsets me. I can't play those games.

There's a huge difference between stage fighting and real sword fighting.

I trained in theater. And I started in theater with my first two jobs doing stage plays.

I like a girl who does not take me seriously, you know? It's important to be able to laugh at each other.

'How to Train Your Dragon,' the first one, was a film I'd seen prior to being approached for the sequel. I don't often watch family animated movies, but it's one that I loved and thought was really well done: beautifully crafted storytelling.

You don't want to seem too eager, too romantic - otherwise, it just looks a bit try-hard. But I do think that a first date should be intimate. So I'd choose a nice dinner somewhere cozy, not too crowded, with good wine.

I've got like a weird bond with horses. I'm kind of a horse whisperer, I don't know what it is. I'm not great on a horse. I'm getting better, but I'm not brilliant. So yeah, I've spent a lot of time with horses. They're great creatures, I love them. I do love riding them when I get the chance to.

I went to school, and I remember that you had to do these tests to find out what set you're in - how clever you are. I put down "Kit Harington," and they looked at me like I was completely stupid, and they said, "No, you're Christopher Harington, I'm afraid." It was only then I learnt my actual name. That was kind of a bizarre existential crisis for an 11-year-old to have, but in the end I always stuck with Kit, because I felt that's who I was. I'm not really a "Chris."

You have to look at your blessings, don't you? With Thrones, I have to realize that, whatever happens, and for all the stress and the pressure that goes with it, it's been an extraordinary journey and I know I'll look back later in my life and think, 'That was crazy, that was amazing.' It's something that very, very few people experience, and I love that.

You know obviously a big TV or film break would be lovely, but I find that I’m essentially a theatre trained actor and that’s what I love doing. I love fringe theatres in London, I love theatres like the Royal Court, Soho and the National obviously and if I could work in any of those and be a jobbing actor for a while then I’m very lucky.

Each project changes you a bit.

Iceland, I'm in love with that country, the people are incredible.

It's very difficult to say anything in Icelandic. I can say "takk," which means "thank you." That's about all I learned.

I kind of weirdly fell into being an action hero...I have no f- idea how that happened. You have to remind people that you want to act rather than just run around

I always love costume, and I'm always heavily involved in how things should look. Or how they should feel really, because that's part of the way I suppose I get into character in some ways. It's a lot about costume.

I just don't know anything about fashion.

I wear quite fitted clothing. I don't like wearing baggy stuff.

I like playing dark, broody types.

It's a nightmare if you're working with someone you don't get on with, especially if you have to be in love with them.

When I'm applying for a new passport, or something, someone will call me Christopher. Other than that, no one ever calls me Christopher.

I've always been a bit of a self-doubter, I think a lot of actors are. I still am.

Politics is a game and a profession. It doesn't really serve the people the politicians are supposed to serve.

I'm very much a "that's so obvious, I must not mention it" kind of guy.

At drama school, I was always playing the 11-year-old boys.

On a serious level, I wouldnt tell the press if I was in a relationship or not. I wouldnt ever reveal that, because it takes you down a certain road... I have no desire to be courting the press with my love life.

I love action. I love doing fight scenes, I always have.

I love going out. I love partying.

When you're a lead role, I'm learning that you set a tone for the movie in a way, like a director does, or like other actors do. But it seems like you set a mood on set.

You know that thing when you break up with someone and you’re walking around the town where you both live and you’re just really hoping to see them? You know that you’re not supposed to see them, but there’s nothing you want more.

I love acting and I know that's a cliché, but I didn't really, I was very naïve when it came to the whole being recognized thing.