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" I was walking home from school when I was about 17 with two friends, and they took a left into an electrical shop. While we were chatting away, they grabbed a couple of forms and I was handed one. My mum found it and made me fill it in. I got called for an interview, and that's how I ended up being an electrician for 11 years. "

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" 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. "

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America

Been

" If I was offered the choice of an award for best actor or best supporting actor, I would go for supporting actor. "

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Choice

" I'd always admired Sean Connery. Even though I wonder about some of his choices, I like him even in bad movies. "

" I was so hungry when I started attempting acting. Not even to be a professional. Just to find out if I could act. "

" I suppose I am a bit of rough. I'm originally from Coolock: I'm rough around the edges. "

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Around

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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! "

" When 'Games of Thrones' is finished, I'm not one to go on about it too long and rest on one's laurels. The stuff that interests me is the work. "

Liam Cunningham

Rest

" The only thing an actor can do is, whatever lands on the carpet in the hall, you read it, and if you can't put it down, that's the job to do. "

" 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. "

" A person has already made the effort once they open a paper or turn on the news. They want to know what's going on in the world around them. That, in itself, shows they care. But the problem is, most people say, 'That's terrible,' and then move on. Because they find it too difficult to look at. "

" I had no acting background in my family and no experience of theatre. I hadn't even been in a school play. "

" What makes us different from other species is our capacity for compassion and empathy with the struggles of other people. "

" 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. "

" The best kind of television should mess with your head. "

" I've got loads of ideas, but I need some structure in my life. I need a mission. "

" I work like a dog when I have to, but when I'm not working, I get terribly lazy and could sit around all day. "

" I love onions. I cook with them all the time. "

" 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.' "

" 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. "

" I don't consider myself - and I hope I'm never going to be - a 'movie star.' I'd like to be called an actor. "

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Star

Never

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Paris is cafe culture, Dublin is pub culture, and that's the best place to solve all the world's problems: over a pint! One of the great joys of living, I think. The problems of the world seem to disappear. "

" The demonization of people who don't have a voice is particularly despicable, and the only thing we can do in our own little way is hold a mirror up to society and kind of say we're better than that. "

" I've found that the older I get, the more spontaneous I become. "

Liam Cunningham

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Spontaneous

" It's not beyond me to take my kids to see a good popcorn movie that's a roller coaster ride. "

" The best thing you can do to an audience is to make them work. "