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" I think actors get too comfortable. I like being uncomfortable as an actor because it keeps you alive. I don't know, I think it's important. "
Peter Dinklage
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" I've felt like an outsider. I've had to struggle. "
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" I never was a big comic book fan. Obviously I'd heard them growing up from my friends who did read them, but I never was a big comic book reader. "
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" My mother was an elementary school teacher for 35 years and taught at the Nixon School in New Jersey. I was raised as a very liberal Democrat, and she was protesting Nixon when he was in office. "
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" Anybody who was in 'The Godfather' is a tough guy. "
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" I have a friend who says, 'The world doesn't need another angry dwarf!' "
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" I'm one of those who can't read the books after they've seen the movie. "
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" I have a big cynical side to me. "
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" I think a lot of great male comic actors are introspective, quiet personalities, which I really admire. But they are really able to turn it up when the camera's on. "
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" I'm on 'Game Of Thrones,' and every time we have someone new coming on our show, we welcome them with open arms and get revitalised by this new presence. Then we kill them off very quickly. "
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" Being on television, playing the same character for many years, for me, I think that would get a little tedious. "
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" 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. "
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" Sometimes on sets, I shut down, try to focus. "
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" When people are infected by my charm, they don't see my size. My piercing deep blue eyes are distracting. "
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" I like the busted-nose look. I think it's a good look for me. "
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" I dress and eat like a fifth-grader, basically. I like sandwiches and cereal and hooded sweatshirts. "
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" I'm always attracted to anti-hero roles. "
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" I spend my nights just sitting and reading a book and drinking my tea and walking my dog. That's about as exciting as my life gets. "
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" They'll say, 'Oh, he's sexy,' but women still go for guys who are 6ft 2 ins. I don't believe any of it for a minute. "
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