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" George Martin is an incredible writer. "
Peter Dinklage
George
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Martin
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" 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. "
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" If I was born 400 years ago instead of now, I wouldn't have the life I have. There were freak shows, and there was horrible discrimination. "
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" I saw a report on the news: 'Peter Dinklage tweeted... ' What? You know, I don't need any of that stuff. I got an email account; that's all I need. "
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" Bad guys are complicated characters. It's always fun to play them. You get away with a lot more. You don't have a heroic code you have to live by. "
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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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" My family had a habit of collecting creatures that didn't always want to be pets. The first animal I can remember was a Lab named Zoe. "
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" I never was a big comic book fan. Obviously I'd heard them growing up from my friends who did read them, but I never was a big comic book reader. "
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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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" My favourite superhero? I have a soft spot for Batman, because he doesn't have any super powers - he's just a person. And he's pretty dark. "
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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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" I often don't see what I've done, or I cringe when I watch myself. "
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" It is hard working with animals, I've got to say. "
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" As an adolescent, I was bitter and angry, and I definitely put up these walls. "
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" I don't like people being cautious and tentative and choosing their words carefully around me because I'm a dwarf. "
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" I've felt like an outsider. I've had to struggle. "
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" You want your privacy as a human being. "
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" I have a friend - not a dwarf - who's an alchemist of sorts. He concocted a men's cologne... He gave me a bottle as a gift. I was thinking we should totally put this on the market. You know how Jessica Simpson and Beyonce have signature perfumes and make a mint? I'm thinking this cologne could be my ticket to fortune. "
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" I like playing the guy on the sidelines. They have more fun. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" We're not environmentally doing very good things to this planet, and we might not be around too long. "
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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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" The leads are often the boring part. "
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" Being on television, playing the same character for many years, for me, I think that would get a little tedious. "
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" What I really want is to play the romantic lead and get the girl. "
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" I love working with the same actors repeatedly. That happens a lot. It's kind of inevitable, especially if you work with the same writers and directors and you start to form a company of actors. You gravitate towards each other. "
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" With a lot of shows, what you'll see happen is they start off really well, and they're very original, but they become sort of a version of themselves. They stand outside the show... they become a cliche of the show they once were. That's the whole 'jumping the shark' thing. "
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" 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. "
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" It was hard doing scenes with Bobby Cannavale because I would break up laughing because he's so funny. "
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