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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. "

" Since I've joined 'Game of Thrones,' it's been such a pleasure. "

" 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. "

" Women respond to comfort and a sense of humor. I was always able to make them laugh, so that helps a lot. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" I never lived in an abandoned railroad station. "

" I'm always attracted to anti-hero roles. "

" 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. "

" People's personalities get tweaked at weddings. "

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

" I was once part of a Christmas cabaret. I sang 'I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus.' I tap-danced. I had a ten-gallon hat. It was quite absurd. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I was born in 1969, believe it or not, so I was a child in the '70s. "

" People have the strangest ideas about dwarves. "

" 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. "

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

" Women on the whole are often not as shallow as men are. They can be, but they cut through things a little more easily than men do in terms of that superficial stuff. "

" 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. "

" It's a shame how a lot of actors use theater as a stepping stone to film and television work; I think it shouldn't be treated that way. Maybe it's narcissism or something. I think we should always go back to it. I try and do a play a year, and I think that's really helped me. "

" That's one of the things about theater vs. film - with theater, actors have a little more control, and one of the disappointing things about films is that once you're done shooting, anything can happen, you know? "

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

" Will Ferrell is just about the nicest guy - anyone can tell you that. "