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" I live an odd existence. I dip into bizarre, very expensive worlds, and then I'm back with a bang to reality, and I put the bins out. "
Liam Cunningham
Live
Existence
Out
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" I was so hungry when I started attempting acting. Not even to be a professional. Just to find out if I could act. "
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" 'Game of Thrones,' people say that it's a fantasy series, but it's a hell of a lot more than that. It attracts the so-called geeks and nerds, and God bless them, they're wonderful for getting right into the show. But primarily it's about family; it's power and betrayal and jealousy. It's all those wonderful things that a fantastic drama is about. "
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God
" I was an electrician, and now I'm in 'Electric Dreams.' It's almost bizarre. "
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Now
Electrician
" There's an old actor's saying about how you don't work with children or animals. I disagree with both of them. Some of the best times I've ever had were working with kids because there's an honesty to them. "
Liam Cunningham
Saying
Children
Work
" A person has already made the effort once they open a paper or turn on the news. They want to know what's going on in the world around them. That, in itself, shows they care. But the problem is, most people say, 'That's terrible,' and then move on. Because they find it too difficult to look at. "
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Care
Effort
Move On
" The best thing you can do to an audience is to make them work. "
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Work
Make
Best
" I was walking home from school when I was about 17 with two friends, and they took a left into an electrical shop. While we were chatting away, they grabbed a couple of forms and I was handed one. My mum found it and made me fill it in. I got called for an interview, and that's how I ended up being an electrician for 11 years. "
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Friends
Me
Walking
" The attraction of power is heady, addictive. And as we know from real life, it can be a disease. A horrific disease. "
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Real Life
Know
Power
" The superheroes have taken over all the screens in the world. And good luck to them: they're making a lot of money for a lot of people. But the studios are going to become victims of their own success. People are going to get bored with that stuff. "
Liam Cunningham
Good
Luck
Money
" I think HBO and a couple of the other cable channels in America are making some of the best television that's ever been made. "
Liam Cunningham
Best
America
Been
" On a job, there's so much commitment you have to give, in regards to time, research... I like the tunnel vision of it that prevents anything else from getting in. The creativity and collaboration required there is very rewarding. "
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Time
Job
Research
" I love onions. I cook with them all the time. "
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Onions
Time
I Love
" I wasn't interested in being an actor per se, but I liked acting, and I liked seeing what people would do. "
Liam Cunningham
Acting
People
Seeing
" One of the biggest guys I worked with was Sean Connery. People like Sean, Michael Caine, Denzel Washington, they've been going for a long time, and not for nothing. They want to get this job right, and they realise the weight of responsibility on their shoulders. "
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Long
Job
Time
" If anyone gets arrogant about their religion, that's when the religion isn't effective anymore. Any decent religion or any decent philosophy is always about tolerance and individual freedom, not about harm. "
Liam Cunningham
Philosophy
Religion
Freedom
" Good luck to you if you're lucky enough to have faith. Some of us aren't lucky enough. My mother has great faith and finds great comfort in it, and I'm jealous of her! "
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You
Good
Great
" I love my arthouse films, and I love taking a chance. "
Liam Cunningham
I Love
Chance
Taking
" I was an electrician, and I started acting as a hobby because I needed a distraction - I was bored! And only when I started did I think, 'Sheesh, what have I gotten into?' I had to go after it fully; I just had to. "
Liam Cunningham
Distraction
Bored
Acting
" The only thing an actor can do is, whatever lands on the carpet in the hall, you read it, and if you can't put it down, that's the job to do. "
Liam Cunningham
Down
Actor
You
" It's not beyond me to take my kids to see a good popcorn movie that's a roller coaster ride. "
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Roller Coaster
Good
See
" I'm an inner city man, born and bred. "
Liam Cunningham
Inner City
Born
Bred
" I don't consider myself - and I hope I'm never going to be - a 'movie star.' I'd like to be called an actor. "
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Like
Star
Never
" I've always admired people like Donal McCann. He wasn't a household name, but if he put his name to something, you were guaranteed a good yarn at the very least. "
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Always
Good
You
" You have to look for story. That's obvious. If that's not on the page, you can forget it. But I also read whatever character I'm being offered. And if you can cut them out without it affecting the story, then I say no straight away. "
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Say
You
Character
" If I was offered the choice of an award for best actor or best supporting actor, I would go for supporting actor. "
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Go
Would
Choice
" The best kind of television should mess with your head. "
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Television
Head
Your
" I don't feel superior because I think there's no God. Actually, I would love to be able to go, 'Well, the world hasn't been kind to me, but there's something good around the corner, because the Man has a plan.' I wish I believed that. There's wonderful comfort in that. "
Liam Cunningham
God
World
Think
" Whether it's theatre or TV or film, you're hoping you're going to bump into a writer that's got a bit of honour in him, that wants to tell a good story and is able to tell it well. "
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Tell
Story
Good
" The demonization of people who don't have a voice is particularly despicable, and the only thing we can do in our own little way is hold a mirror up to society and kind of say we're better than that. "
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Society
Better
Mirror
" I get that people are worried about their mortgages and bills that have to be paid. They don't have time to worry about the Syrian refugees, and I get that. The thing about it is, when it gets worse and worse and worse and down the line, it's no longer restricted to these places. "
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Down
Line
Places