Harington Quotes & Sayings

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. — Kit Harington

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

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

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. — Kit Harington

Words themselves are all the ghosts we need. — Donald Harington

Fortune, men say, doth give too much to many, But yet she never gave enough to any. — John Harington

There is only one way to come into this world; there are too many ways to leave it. — Donald Harington

Eli Willard just looked at her for a long moment, and then he announced, 'Lady of the Lake strikes iceberg in mid-Atlantic; 215 drown. New York City fire destroys 700 buildings. Japanese earthquake kills 12,000. Worldwide cholera epidemic kills millions. Wages rise, but prices rise faster. Financial crash occurs on Van Buren's 36th day in office. Nation begins first great depression. Bank failures and closings spread like plague. 200,000 are unemployed. Business bankrupt; only pawnbrokers prosper. Van Buren declares ten-hour days on all federal jobs. There. Does that make you feel any better? — Donald Harington

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. — Kit Harington

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

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

I just don't know anything about fashion. — Kit Harington

It was too dark to see but I froze in the glow of bright grey eyes that almost appeared white in the moonlight. — E.J. Harington

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. — Kit Harington

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

Jacob realized that if she kept on going like that he might very well cry out himself. But just then a voice outside the wagon called "JAKE! AIR YE IN THAR?" and he knew it was Sarah. "ANSWER ME!" she requested, so he did. "Yeah, I'm in here, but I'll be right out." He was bucking beneath the weight of Virdie in an effort to finish. "WHAT'RE YE DOIN IN THAR, JAKE?" Sarah wanted to know. "I'm havin words-" he panted "-with this here Rebel foe." He was nearly there, although he realized that the wagon must be visibly shaking. Virdie suddenly stuffed her dress into her mouth, but it was not enough to keep another one of her long groans from coming out. "JAKE!" Sarah hollered. "YOU AINT A-HURTING HER, AIR YE?" "Jist a little," he answered, "to teach her a lesson." And then he got there, rapturously, reflecting, Godalmighty, if I could git this reg'lar, maybe I'd jine the Rebels after all. — Donald Harington

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. — Kit Harington

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. — Kit Harington

This here will be the future tense and you will be able to do anything you will like in it. — Donald Harington

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. — Kit Harington

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

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

Five qualities there are wine's praise advancing;
Strong, beautiful, fragrant, cool and dancing. — John Harington

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

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. — Kit Harington

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. — Kit Harington

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

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. — Kit Harington

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. — Kit Harington

When I make a feast, I would my guests should praise it, not the cooks. — John Harington

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. — Kit Harington

I love going out. I love partying. — Kit Harington

If you can help it, you aren't destined to become a writer. — Donald Harington

Best fishing in troubled waters. — John Harington

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. — Kit Harington

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

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

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

Stay More' is synonymous with 'Status Quo' in fact, there are people who believe, or who like to believe, that the name of the town was intended as an entreaty, beseeching the past to remain present. — Donald Harington

The Society of North American Magic Realists welcomes its newest, most dazzling member, Louis Maistros. His debut novel is a thing of wonder, unlike anything in our literature. It startles. It stuns. It stupefies. No novel since CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES has done such justice to New Orleans. If Franz Kafka had been able to write like Peter Straub, this might have been the result. — Donald Harington

There is a popular saying, "More rare than pine is the smell of pining" - which is rare indeed, for there are few pine trees in this part of the Ozarks. — Donald Harington

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. — Kit Harington

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. — Kit Harington

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. — Kit Harington

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

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

From your confessor, lawyer and physician, hide not your case on no condition. — John Harington

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

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

From your confessor, lawyer and doctor, hide not your case on no condition. [Is this a way of saying that honesty is the best policy?] — John Harington

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. — Kit Harington

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

In fact, when I met Kit Harington first, he was pretty much feeling how I'm feeling today - at a photo shoot and you've had no sleep. He was just a really nice, English, down-to-earth guy. No pretense, nothing. — Max Irons

A tailor, though a man of upright dealing,
True but for lying,
honest but for stealing,
Did fall one day extremely sick by chance And on the sudden was in wondrous trance. — John Harington

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. — Kit Harington

I might bump into them because I live in Belfast, and Belfast is not that big a place. You go for a walk, and you walk past Kit Harington. You go for a meal, and there's Peter Dinklage. — Ian Beattie

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. — Kit Harington

'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. — Kit Harington

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

Each project changes you a bit. — Kit Harington

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

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. — Kit Harington

If you are destined to become a writer, you can't help it. If you can help it, you aren't destined to become a writer. The frustrations and disappointments, not even to mention the unspeakable loneliness, are too unbearable for anyone who doesn't have a deep sense of being unable to avoid writing. — Donald Harington

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

Major: you have the honor to report that the numbers of men now under your command qualifies you for promotion to colonel. But you ask me to believe that your regiments assaulted Rebel forces in a pitched battle of over two hours duration, all the while steadily employing the heavy field pieces recently shipped to you, without one single battle death on either side. Sir, that is not warfare. That is fraternization with the enemy! — Donald Harington

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." — Kit Harington

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

Pain is a part of life. I hated that fact. I would be much happier without it but then it wouldn't be my life. — E.J. Harington

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

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. — Kit Harington

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

I love action. I love doing fight scenes; I always have. I love it. — Kit Harington

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. — Kit Harington

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

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

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