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" It's a shame how a lot of actors use theater as a stepping stone to film and television work; I think it shouldn't be treated that way. Maybe it's narcissism or something. I think we should always go back to it. I try and do a play a year, and I think that's really helped me. "

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" Will Ferrell is just about the nicest guy - anyone can tell you that. "

" It was hard doing scenes with Bobby Cannavale because I would break up laughing because he's so funny. "

" 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. "

" 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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" Dwarves are still the butt of jokes. It's one of the last bastions of acceptable prejudice. "

" The reason I like 'Breaking Bad,' which is still probably my favorite show, is Walter White. You watch him transform, and that's so fascinating. And I think. a lot of TV shows that aren't successful, it's because the characters become stagnant. "

" I was fortunate enough to have an upbringing that made me more accepting of who I am. "

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" Since I've joined 'Game of Thrones,' it's been such a pleasure. "

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

" I've been to Sundance before, but I'd never seen a lot of screenings. "

" My family had a habit of collecting creatures that didn't always want to be pets. The first animal I can remember was a Lab named Zoe. "

" 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. "

" 'Star Wars' or 'The Lord of the Rings' deal with great big Joseph Campbell-style myths, good and evil. "

" 'Game of Thrones' fans are the nicest people ever, but a thousand nice people coming at me gives me claustrophobia. "

" I like the busted-nose look. I think it's a good look for me. "

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" They'll say, 'Oh, he's sexy,' but women still go for guys who are 6ft 2 ins. I don't believe any of it for a minute. "

" 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. "

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

" I have a friend who says, 'The world doesn't need another angry dwarf!' "

" I would love to play Richard III. "

" 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. "

" As an adolescent, I was bitter and angry, and I definitely put up these walls. "

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

" Jen Lawrence is quite a fan of 'Game of Thrones.' "

" I feel like life is much greater than a hero or a villain: there's good people that sometimes make mistakes. "

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

" I'm always attracted to anti-hero roles. "

" 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. "