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" 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. "
Peter Dinklage
Habit
Remember
I Can
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" I have a need to always make people laugh. I have a desperate need. I love a great sense of humor. The people I sort of surround myself with have that. "
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" 'Game of Thrones' is an amazing show, and I have no problem speaking of the virtues of HBO. "
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" 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. "
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" My brother, who's a violinist now, was the real ham, the real performer of the family. His passion for the violin is the only thing that kept him from being an actor. "
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" I'm on 'Game Of Thrones,' and every time we have someone new coming on our show, we welcome them with open arms and get revitalised by this new presence. Then we kill them off very quickly. "
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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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" I have a friend - not a dwarf - who's an alchemist of sorts. He concocted a men's cologne... He gave me a bottle as a gift. I was thinking we should totally put this on the market. You know how Jessica Simpson and Beyonce have signature perfumes and make a mint? I'm thinking this cologne could be my ticket to fortune. "
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" It's amazing what they can do with animation nowadays. It's really beautiful. The 3D stuff is out of hand. "
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" I'm recognized, let me put it that way. "
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" I should call people back more readily. I'm not the best friend sometimes in terms of that. I do follow that white balloon and get distracted a lot. "
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" 'Lassie' was amazing. I didn't have any scenes with humans. There's a couple little bits, here or there, but mainly just me and my horse and a couple of dogs in the Isle of Man. "
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" Since I've joined 'Game of Thrones,' it's been such a pleasure. "
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" I don't like people being cautious and tentative and choosing their words carefully around me because I'm a dwarf. "
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" I do not fault anyone else who makes choices to play characters that they wished they hadn't... Because at the end of the day, none of us are happy with our jobs all the time. "
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" Each year, billions of animals are subjected to cruelty on factory farms, feed lots, and slaughterhouses. The brutality that these animals endure would be grounds for felony cruelty charges if inflicted upon our cats and dogs. "
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" I think actors get too comfortable. I like being uncomfortable as an actor because it keeps you alive. I don't know, I think it's important. "
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Like
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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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Mutant
Bit
" Sometimes on sets, I shut down, try to focus. "
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Down
Sets
Focus
" I guess the word to call me is my name, Pete. "
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Word
Guess
" I've been to Sundance before, but I'd never seen a lot of screenings. "
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Before
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" What I really want is to play the romantic lead and get the girl. "
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" I knew David Benioff a bit socially. I knew his wife, Amanda Peet. He's a smart guy, so I always sought him out at dinner parties. "
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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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" My mother was an elementary school teacher for 35 years and taught at the Nixon School in New Jersey. I was raised as a very liberal Democrat, and she was protesting Nixon when he was in office. "
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" I like animals, all animals. I wouldn't hurt a cat or a dog - or a chicken or a cow. And I wouldn't ask someone else to hurt them for me. That's why I'm a vegetarian. "
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" So I won't say I'm lucky. I'm fortunate enough to find or attract very talented people. For some reason I found them, and they found me. "
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" If I was born 400 years ago instead of now, I wouldn't have the life I have. There were freak shows, and there was horrible discrimination. "
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