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" I'm not going to play my violin, but with my dwarfism, I'm a bit of a mutant. "

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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. "

" A lot of directors straight out of film school are very technically minded, but they don't have an understanding of actors or how to talk to them. "

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" I think successful movies that are based on books are their own thing. I think if you're too faithful, word by word, character trait to character trait, it can hurt the movie. "

" Sometimes, when the material is really good, you put expectations on yourself to make it the best possible show. You're not just serving up the regular hash and doing your job and going home. "

" I was born in 1969, believe it or not, so I was a child in the '70s. "

" I've felt like an outsider. I've had to struggle. "

" I love working with the same actors repeatedly. That happens a lot. It's kind of inevitable, especially if you work with the same writers and directors and you start to form a company of actors. You gravitate towards each other. "

" 'Game of Thrones' is an amazing show, and I have no problem speaking of the virtues of HBO. "

" I don't socialize. I'm kind of a hermit. The life of an actor can be very lonely. "

" You'd be surprised how condescending people can be. "

" George Martin is an incredible writer. "

" I just think the less you know about an actor, the more serious you'll take them as an actor because they will disappear a little bit. "

" I am this guy who's four and a half feet tall, but my life doesn't constantly address it. "

" The leads are often the boring part. "

" Women on the whole are often not as shallow as men are. They can be, but they cut through things a little more easily than men do in terms of that superficial stuff. "

" What I really want is to play the romantic lead and get the girl. "

" When people are infected by my charm, they don't see my size. My piercing deep blue eyes are distracting. "

" I would love to play Richard III. "

" I'm one of those who can't read the books after they've seen the movie. "

" Any swagger is just defense. When you're reminded so much of who you are by people - not a fame thing, but with my size, constantly, growing up - you just either curl up in a corner in the dark or you wear it proudly, like armor or something. You can turn it on its head and use it yourself before anybody else gets a chance. "

" My favourite superhero? I have a soft spot for Batman, because he doesn't have any super powers - he's just a person. And he's pretty dark. "

" 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. "

" Fantasy novels, I don't really gravitate to that part of the bookstore. "

" The greatest preparation for a TV show is to already have one season behind you. "

" I was opposed to doing TV for a long time because I thought the quality of writing wasn't very strong, as opposed to film, but there's been a shift in term of the quality of scripts. HBO has attracted a tremendous amount of great writing talent. "

" Sometimes on sets, I shut down, try to focus. "