Richard Dormer

I was fascinated by the world. I thought, "I just want to be a part of this world."

— Richard Dormer

It's a real luxury to be able to develop with your character.

— Richard Dormer

I could live in a community like 'Fortitude.'

— Richard Dormer

When you're working with really good actors, it raises your own game and you get better.

— Richard Dormer

Did it ever occur to you that there might be more than one alternative?

— Richard Dormer

I met David Croft. He was a man of few words. But he had great charisma.

— Richard Dormer

Sometimes you even start to sound like the character because you're living and breathing them every day on the set. It gets…

— Richard Dormer

There was that sense that as soon as a Northern Irish person opens their mouth, you go, 'Ah, terrorist,' so I refused…

— Richard Dormer

Sometimes you even start to sound like the character, because you're living and breathing them every day on the set. It gets…

— Richard Dormer

When you read something that good, it's terrifying because you're thinking, "Oh, god, what if I don't get this?"

— Richard Dormer

'Fortitude' is like the world in microcosm. It's like watching America or Russia, only you're isolated. Once you're inside, you can't escape.

— Richard Dormer

In scale, 'Fortitude' is just as big as 'Game of Thrones.' It's equally as epic - it's just starting out.

— Richard Dormer

I think, as a writer, you see the big picture, and as an actor, you're thinking of all the minutiae, all the…

— Richard Dormer

When I was 16, my friends were in a drama group, and they asked me to join. I said no, I'm not…

— Richard Dormer

If you close one eye and imagine a bright light constantly in front of the other eye, your vision is compromised. You…

— Richard Dormer

The first director I ever worked with on 'Thrones,' he had a big hand in casting me. He said he cast me…

— Richard Dormer

So much Western storytelling comes from Scandinavia. I've read that in the past, storytellers would travel to Iceland and exchange stories. It's…

— Richard Dormer

I think the benefit of being a writer is that I'm looking for the subtext on the page, because all good writing…

— Richard Dormer

I grew up with the idea that someone might hate you if they knew what religion you were; being afraid to open…

— Richard Dormer

As a writer you see the big picture and how you can tell as one character, how your storyline is going to…

— Richard Dormer

A lot of the time, because of the polar bears you're not allowed to go outside the door without your hunting rifle,…

— Richard Dormer

When you get out onto a glacier that's the size of Northern Ireland and it's so vast, and you're standing on top…

— Richard Dormer

Having a weapon like that means you're pretty much in control of events. Nobody's going to argue with a flaming sword.

— Richard Dormer

I had an outfit that was designed for minus 30 degrees, so I had to work with costume to strap ice packs…

— Richard Dormer

As soon as people really get into the swamp - the scary swamp that is 'Fortitude' - there's no getting out of…

— Richard Dormer

Gene Roddenberry is one of the greatest guys who ever lived because he gave us hope that the future might be bright…

— Richard Dormer