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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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" I think successful movies that are based on books are their own thing. I think if you're too faithful, word by word, character trait to character trait, it can hurt the movie. "

Peter Dinklage

You

Think

Own

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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

" My brother, who's a violinist now, was the real ham, the real performer of the family. His passion for the violin is the only thing that kept him from being an actor. "

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

" It was hard doing scenes with Bobby Cannavale because I would break up laughing because he's so funny. "

" 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. "

" 'Star Wars' or 'The Lord of the Rings' deal with great big Joseph Campbell-style myths, good and evil. "

" 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

" I don't like people being cautious and tentative and choosing their words carefully around me because I'm a dwarf. "

Peter Dinklage

Because

Dwarf

" I like playing the guy on the sidelines. They have more fun. "

Peter Dinklage

Playing

" 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. "

" It is hard working with animals, I've got to say. "

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

Peter Dinklage

Good

Look

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

" You'd be surprised how condescending people can be. "

" We're not environmentally doing very good things to this planet, and we might not be around too long. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I think everybody goes through changes, and the same should be said for fictional characters, especially ones that you follow on television. "

" People's personalities get tweaked at weddings. "

" 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. "

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

Peter Dinklage

Sandwiches

Eat

" I feel as much of a stud as... I can't come up with a metaphor. That's how lacking in studliness I am. "

" 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. "

" I'm a private person in many ways. "

" 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 am this guy who's four and a half feet tall, but my life doesn't constantly address it. "