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" I've never hidden my sexuality from anyone - my whole life, in fact - and I've been waiting for someone to ask about it in an interview, 'cause it's not something you just blurt out. "

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" 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. "

Kristian Nairn

Discrimination

People

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

" Obviously, there's so many different types of gay people, but some people don't know that. Some people think we all look and act a certain type of way. "

" I think if everyone had a little more Hodor in them, it'd be a nicer world. "

" There's no one else like Hodor on 'Game of Thrones.' There's no other character with that warmth, humanity, and a little bit of comic relief. "

Kristian Nairn

Game

Warmth

" Most of the clubbing I did was gay clubbing. "

" It's just making sure that everyone is treated equally. Is that so progressive? I don't think it's progressive, I think it's human. And not just gay people - women's rights, immigrants, people of different ethnic backgrounds. "

" When I started 'Game of Thrones,' the first three seasons, I still DJ'd every night before I went on set. I'd finish DJing at 3 A.M. and have to be on set at 5 A.M. "

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

" Winterfell is atop of this huge mountain in Northern Ireland, and you can see all these weather fronts coming in. Basically, the sky circles the mountain. It's the most beautiful place. "

" 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. "

Kristian Nairn

Think

You

" I grew up with the British-Chicago crossover of house music with a lot of pianos and very heavy bass lines, but what I love about house is you can mix it up a bit. "

" I love saying 'Hodor!' "

" To play this iconic character from this historically wonderful series of books - who wouldn't take that opportunity and be happy about it? I'm happy to be Hodor forever. "

" 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. "

Kristian Nairn

Name

Music

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

" 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. "

" 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 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 was always into classical music and opera because I played the piano as I went through school and was very interested in Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals and stuff like that. That changed into heavy metal at around the age of 14 or 13, and I dropped the piano and started to play the guitar. "

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

" I don't really see myself as a celebrity. "

" I don't really make a distinction because when I'm acting, I feel like an actor, and when I DJ, I feel like a DJ, and when I play the guitar, I feel like a guitar player. I don't know which I prefer. I think I just like to perform, in some way or another. "

Kristian Nairn

Think

Guitar

" Everyone likes fantasy to get away from everyday life, but I think 'Game of Thrones' is not like fairies and unicorns. It's very relatable to everyday life. It's not too fantastic - just a little bit. "

" What I've always done is be positive and do what I do. "

" I've been thinking if 'GoT' would lend itself easily to an MMORPG. I mean, it certainly has the background and incredible storylines for it, along with some pretty huge characters to hinge the story around. "

" 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 always say, the darker the scene, the more fun it is. "

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

Kristian Nairn

Changed

Local

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