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" I am not aware of fans, because I don't live that sort of life, but I am awfully grateful. "

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" Most of the women in Greek tragedies have their fates predetermined. The gods dictate that such and such will happen to them, and everything they predict comes true. Not Medea. "

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" I'm really grateful for 'Game of Thrones'. It's something wonderful to happen to an actress of my age, and Dubrovnik is astonishingly beautiful. "

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" You'll always be close to somebody that you worked with very intimately for so long, and you become really fond of each other. "