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" I think advice is cheap. You can only really learn by doing and making mistakes. "
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
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" My ambition has always been to work with English and American actors and directors. Those were the movies that I was watching when I was growing up. "
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" I like to be comfortable. If I go out, if it's a premiere, I'll put on a suit and look nice. I like Hugo Boss for that. "
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" You can be as good an actor as you want but, if your accent is too strong, it's going to limit you. "
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" Ever since I was a kid, I always wanted to be an actor. "
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" Some of the stuff in Season 3 on 'Game of Thrones' - the amount of mud I had to eat, not intentionally but by accident - was pretty tough. "
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