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" I was always very into heavy metal, and heavy metal is full of emotion and extremes, and I think that's the same in dance music. "

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" I had actually sent an audition tape for Simon Pegg's movie 'Hot Fuzz,' which came to nothing. Four years after the film released, out of nowhere, I got a call saying the producers of 'Game of Thrones' wanted me to play Hodor after they had seen that particular tape. "

" I actually started off - believe it or not - doing drag. I travelled the world because I was a completely off-the-wall drag artist. "

" I've never given a damn. A seven-foot man who dresses as a woman as a job is not interested in what other people think. "

" I played with local bands and ended up touring with Scissor Sisters, Mylo, Alphabeat, and Calvin Harris. That somehow changed into DJ'ing. "

" Any sort of performance was always what I was really born to do. "

" I never thought people would be remotely interested in my silly little life, but I'm really glad that they are. "

" I love saying 'Hodor!' "

" I'm quite investigative. Believe it or not, my mum and dad were in the police, and I sort of like to read into things and stuff. "

" I think you can go too far into your subgenres. When you're talking about chillstep and stuff like that, I think you've gone a bit too far. "

" I recognise that, while I was fortunate enough to grow up without any discrimination or stigma attached at all, other people haven't been so lucky. "

" Taller people get very competitive. When I meet someone who's close to me or taller, I'm straight up; I don't wanna be smaller than them. "

" I'm a massive 'WoW' nerd, and gamer in general. "

" I've done fairly well as a performer and a DJ in the U.K., so 'Game of Thrones' really just opened up a whole new market for me. "

" My first musical dream was to be a guitar player, and believe me, it's still in there. "

" I could never see myself playing a goblin or gnome, without some serious CGI at least! "

" I really wasted a lot of time in my 20s. "

" I remember the first single I ever bought. I think it was a terrible song called 'D.I.S.C.O.' by a band called Ottawan. It's a really fearless disco track from the '70s or early '80s. "

" I did a music festival in France. I'm not going to name names, but there were bigger bands and DJs on before me, and throughout their set, all I could hear them chanting was 'Hodor!' And I was, like, 'Oh, please stop! It's so disrespectful to the other acts!' In a way, obviously, I loved it, but it was kind of embarrassing at the same time. "

" I get 'Hodor' tweeted at me a lot. "

" I never stopped DJing through the entire 'Game of Thrones' process. I never saw the need to stop because I do love it so much. "

" I really know what it's like to work and live every moment now, and I'm really grateful for that. "

" I was a total metal-head as a teen. I still love it, too. "

" I sorta worked out a few years ago that one of my favorite things to do in 'World of Warcraft' is look for things, to just spend the time flying around searching. "

" People either think Hodor is a very easy character to play or a very difficult one; there's no in between. But it's a lot of fun having to completely switch personalities inside four seconds, with no words. That's a joy for an actor to get to show all that complex emotion in such a short space of time. "

" I like to go out for dinner in Belfast with my friends, I like to work on the house. I like working on music. "

" Just do what you want to do and don't worry about what people say. "

" Of course I have had thoughts about going into politics. "

" I did some musical theater and studied a little bit of acting as well. "

Musical Theater

" I'm a really big fan of meeting the fans. It's great to get feedback. "

" I would relish a role that really shows a bit of background into how the bad guy got the way he is... a little more complex than cackling behind a hooded cloak. "