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" A lot of parts written for people of my size, dwarfs, are either foolish idiots or, like, these sages that are all-knowing, and they're very, sort of, come-to-them-for-answers. "

Peter Dinklage

Lot

Idiots

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" What I really want is to play the romantic lead and get the girl. "

" I often don't see what I've done, or I cringe when I watch myself. "

" Dwarves are still the butt of jokes. It's one of the last bastions of acceptable prejudice. "

" I don't socialize. I'm kind of a hermit. The life of an actor can be very lonely. "

" It's amazing what they can do with animation nowadays. It's really beautiful. The 3D stuff is out of hand. "

" Sometimes, when the material is really good, you put expectations on yourself to make it the best possible show. You're not just serving up the regular hash and doing your job and going home. "

" I dress and eat like a fifth-grader, basically. I like sandwiches and cereal and hooded sweatshirts. "

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Sandwiches

Eat

" 'Game of Thrones' is an amazing show, and I have no problem speaking of the virtues of HBO. "

" I just don't like boring myself. That's one of the main reasons I did 'Ice Age' - because I'd never done something like this before. "

" I should call people back more readily. I'm not the best friend sometimes in terms of that. I do follow that white balloon and get distracted a lot. "

" I'm not going to play my violin, but with my dwarfism, I'm a bit of a mutant. "

" I was a sullen kid who smoked cigarettes and wore black every day, and I went to a school that was lacrosse players and Izods. "

" I think actors get too comfortable. I like being uncomfortable as an actor because it keeps you alive. I don't know, I think it's important. "

Peter Dinklage

Important

Think

" When people are infected by my charm, they don't see my size. My piercing deep blue eyes are distracting. "

" I think 'No' is a very powerful word in our business that is very hard to use early on in your career. But I also think I was pretty arrogant when I was younger... I used that word maybe too much, but it did help me with finding roles that I did like. "

Peter Dinklage

Think

Powerful

" The leads are often the boring part. "

" People have the strangest ideas about dwarves. "

" The greatest preparation for a TV show is to already have one season behind you. "

" I'm recognized, let me put it that way. "

Peter Dinklage

Way

Recognized

" I have a friend who says, 'The world doesn't need another angry dwarf!' "

" Animals used for food are treated like unfeeling machinery. "

" I think more money can be very detrimental to movies and TV because things get solved economically rather than creatively, and that's never a good solution. "

" We, as Americans, at least - I mean, I love my country - but we're so self-righteous sometimes, in terms of, like, our nationality, our country. But we're people from somewhere else; the true 'Americans' are the original peoples. It's funny, but we're a very territorial species. "

" I like the busted-nose look. I think it's a good look for me. "

Peter Dinklage

Good

Look

" I just think the less you know about an actor, the more serious you'll take them as an actor because they will disappear a little bit. "

" I like animals, all animals. I wouldn't hurt a cat or a dog - or a chicken or a cow. And I wouldn't ask someone else to hurt them for me. That's why I'm a vegetarian. "

" There's a thing at the Museum of Natural History in New York, where I live: they have a stairwell where you follow the beginning and the course of this planet, and it's a very long stairwell, and you follow, and you follow, and then you reach the top, and we're, like, half a step on the stairwell - the timeline for us on this planet. "