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" I was born in 1969, believe it or not, so I was a child in the '70s. "
Peter Dinklage
Believe
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" I think everybody goes through changes, and the same should be said for fictional characters, especially ones that you follow on television. "
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" As an adolescent, I was bitter and angry, and I definitely put up these walls. "
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" 'Star Wars' or 'The Lord of the Rings' deal with great big Joseph Campbell-style myths, good and evil. "
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" I just don't like boring myself. That's one of the main reasons I did 'Ice Age' - because I'd never done something like this before. "
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" Sometimes on sets, I shut down, try to focus. "
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" George Martin is an incredible writer. "
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" I was a sullen kid who smoked cigarettes and wore black every day, and I went to a school that was lacrosse players and Izods. "
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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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" Bad guys are complicated characters. It's always fun to play them. You get away with a lot more. You don't have a heroic code you have to live by. "
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" 'Game of Thrones' fans are the nicest people ever, but a thousand nice people coming at me gives me claustrophobia. "
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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 often don't see what I've done, or I cringe when I watch myself. "
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" Friends don't care about issues like dwarf tossing. "
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" Maybe everyone is a little too reassuring that things are going to be OK to college graduates. It gives them a false sort of security. "
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" I think more money can be very detrimental to movies and TV because things get solved economically rather than creatively, and that's never a good solution. "
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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 was once part of a Christmas cabaret. I sang 'I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus.' I tap-danced. I had a ten-gallon hat. It was quite absurd. "
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