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" I still say I have no interest in being an actor - I just love acting. "
Liam Cunningham
Love
Interest
Actor
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" I love my arthouse films, and I love taking a chance. "
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I Love
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Taking
" There's a certain amount of joy in playing a character in the moment and not knowing what's going to roll out as it goes on. It's a bit like life, in a way. "
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Character
Life
Way
" 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
" 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. "
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Distraction
Bored
Acting
" 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
" The best thing you can do to an audience is to make them work. "
Liam Cunningham
Work
Make
Best
" I suppose I am a bit of rough. I'm originally from Coolock: I'm rough around the edges. "
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Edges
Am
Around
" I'd always admired Sean Connery. Even though I wonder about some of his choices, I like him even in bad movies. "
Liam Cunningham
Movies
Choices
Bad
" I think everybody should have an interest in peace prevailing and the ridiculousness, the bestiality of war. I don't have any time for that. Anybody pulling a trigger is wrong. There is no right in war. "
Liam Cunningham
Peace
Think
War
" 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
" I've spent a lot of years waiting for the right thing to come in - and now, after 'Thrones,' there's a possibility that I could actually have a hand in getting something made. "
Liam Cunningham
Now
Waiting
The Right Thing
" The way I view drama is life with the boring bits taken out. "
Liam Cunningham
Life
Drama
Way
" I'm an inner city man, born and bred. "
Liam Cunningham
Inner City
Born
Bred
" The attraction of power is heady, addictive. And as we know from real life, it can be a disease. A horrific disease. "
Liam Cunningham
Real Life
Know
Power
" If you're doing movies on a set... many times, I've shot the end of a movie in the first week of shooting. Because of locations or budgets or actors' availability. "
Liam Cunningham
Week
You
Shooting
" The best kind of art or writing holds up a mirror to society. "
Liam Cunningham
Art
Up
Writing
" The best kind of television should mess with your head. "
Liam Cunningham
Television
Head
Your
" 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. "
Liam Cunningham
Long
Job
Time
" If I was offered the choice of an award for best actor or best supporting actor, I would go for supporting actor. "
Liam Cunningham
Go
Would
Choice
" I've got loads of ideas, but I need some structure in my life. I need a mission. "
Liam Cunningham
Need
My Life
Mission
" 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
" Because I came to acting quite late, I kind of think one of the few attributes that I do have is that I try to be honest with the character, with the writing. I'm not a tricksy actor; I'm not exactly a scenery-chewing kind of actor. "
Liam Cunningham
Acting
Character
Think
" 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. "
Liam Cunningham
Always
Good
You
" I hate the unfairness of injustice. Anybody who thinks they are better than others or 'chosen' or feel they have an entitlement... be it through monarchy, government or money. I think we are all born the same. We are entitled to an equal shot at life. "
Liam Cunningham
Hate
Life
Money
" I did a season at the Royal Shakespeare Company. People say, 'Why aren't you doing theater anymore?' And I say, 'Look, my kids have gotten used to wearing shoes.' "
Liam Cunningham
People
Shoes
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. "
Liam Cunningham
Say
You
Character
" 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! "
Liam Cunningham
You
Good
Great
" I was an electrician, and now I'm in 'Electric Dreams.' It's almost bizarre. "
Liam Cunningham
Dreams
Now
Electrician
" I've found that the older I get, the more spontaneous I become. "
Liam Cunningham
More
Found
Spontaneous
" 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