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" Dwarves are still the butt of jokes. It's one of the last bastions of acceptable prejudice. "
Peter Dinklage
Last
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" The leads are often the boring part. "
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" I'm always attracted to anti-hero roles. "
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" I have a need to always make people laugh. I have a desperate need. I love a great sense of humor. The people I sort of surround myself with have that. "
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" What I really want is to play the romantic lead and get the girl. "
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" 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. "
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" I knew David Benioff a bit socially. I knew his wife, Amanda Peet. He's a smart guy, so I always sought him out at dinner parties. "
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" There are a lot of directors out there who are very specific, visual craftsmen, and while I have the utmost respect for that, they don't really communicate with the actors. "
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" I'm one of those who can't read the books after they've seen the movie. "
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" I never know where women are coming from. "
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" Maybe everyone is a little too reassuring that things are going to be OK to college graduates. It gives them a false sort of security. "
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" I do not fault anyone else who makes choices to play characters that they wished they hadn't... Because at the end of the day, none of us are happy with our jobs all the time. "
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" I think with a lot of filmmakers, their first film is their best film because they had to think on their feet and solve problems with ingenuity. "
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" I never lived in an abandoned railroad station. "
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" I'm on 'Game Of Thrones,' and every time we have someone new coming on our show, we welcome them with open arms and get revitalised by this new presence. Then we kill them off very quickly. "
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" I think everybody goes through changes, and the same should be said for fictional characters, especially ones that you follow on television. "
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" I think my mom drove by a nuclear power plant when she was pregnant. But I wouldn't be in 'The Station Agent' if she hadn't. "
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" Any swagger is just defense. When you're reminded so much of who you are by people - not a fame thing, but with my size, constantly, growing up - you just either curl up in a corner in the dark or you wear it proudly, like armor or something. You can turn it on its head and use it yourself before anybody else gets a chance. "
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" I was fortunate enough to have an upbringing that made me more accepting of who I am. "
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" When people are infected by my charm, they don't see my size. My piercing deep blue eyes are distracting. "
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" 'Lassie' was amazing. I didn't have any scenes with humans. There's a couple little bits, here or there, but mainly just me and my horse and a couple of dogs in the Isle of Man. "
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" I spend my nights just sitting and reading a book and drinking my tea and walking my dog. That's about as exciting as my life gets. "
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" Each year, billions of animals are subjected to cruelty on factory farms, feed lots, and slaughterhouses. The brutality that these animals endure would be grounds for felony cruelty charges if inflicted upon our cats and dogs. "
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" I think if actors are successful at one thing, they paint themselves into a corner sometimes, and what's the fun in that? "
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" As an adolescent, I was bitter and angry, and I definitely put up these walls. "
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" Does anybody actually go out in L.A.? When I lived there, I'd just stay in my apartment. "
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