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" My parents brought us up in a very clever way, which was that they saw what we were interested in naturally, and then they encouraged whatever that may be. When I started sharing a keen interest in drama and the theater, instead of steering me away from it, they encouraged me to see plays and think about drama school. "

Kit Harington

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Kit Harington

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" On a serious level, I wouldn't tell the press if I was in a relationship or not. I wouldn't ever reveal that, because it takes you down a certain road... I have no desire to be courting the press with my love life. "

" I find you can lose yourself in an acting sense in a fight far more easily than you can in a dialogue scene, and I love that about it. We try as actors all the time: we strive just to completely sort of lose ourselves in the moment, and we never quite get there, but in a fight, you can do it in seconds; that is what I love about it. "

" I have a wild streak, but I like to keep that very much for my friends. "

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" There's a huge difference between stage fighting and real sword fighting. "

" I love New York; I love the city. It's impossible. It's a theme park of a city, isn't it. "

" I'm a terrible packer. I don't pack lots and lots because I think I'll wear everything, I pack a lot because I never know what I'm going to need. I always go over the weight limit. "

" We are fascinated with our own history, and we are fascinated with the Romans because they were millennia ago, and yet they still capture our imagination because they were actually so similar to us. They were very civilized. They had a very similar political system. "

" I don't do Twitter because I don't want to talk about myself more than I already have to. "

Kit Harington

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" I try not to read the social networks too much. I find that way madness lies. "

" I've always hated my voice. You sound different in your head when you hear it out loud. "

" I'm very lucky, I've got two very loving parents, still very much together, and always been very supportive. "

" When I'm applying for a new passport or something, someone will call me Christopher. Other than that, no one ever calls me Christopher. "

" The more you fly, the more unsettling it is, because you realize how much more likely it will be for you to crash. I am getting better at it, though. "

" I don't want people thinking they know me instead of the character. Steve McQueen has loads of stories about him - who knows what's true? But it's great for people to fictionalize rather than know the truth. "

" I don't go to work thinking, 'Right, I'm going to be more heart-throbby today.' "

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" I was called Kit from day one; really, I only found out my name was Christopher when I was 11. "

" Any kind of horror video game where I'm the first-person player and I'm... I suddenly stop caring about the video game dude, and I'm like, I really don't want him to die,' and then the minute he dies, it upsets me. I can't play those games. "

" My parents didn't have a lot of money when I was growing up. We were comfortable, but I didn't go to Oxbridge, and yet every American interviewer I get says to me, 'You're related to Charles II! Your grandfather was a baronet!' And it's infuriating, because that is a part of my history, but you're trying to turn me into a posh boy, and I'm not. "

" Working with animals is always going to be tough because the animal doesn't know it's an actor. "

" The best people to have power are the ones who don't want it. "

" 'How to Train Your Dragon,' the first one, was a film I'd seen prior to being approached for the sequel. I don't often watch family animated movies, but it's one that I loved and thought was really well done: beautifully crafted storytelling. "

" I love going out. I love partying. "

" I'm kind of a horse whisperer; I don't know what it is. I'm not great on a horse. I'm getting better, but I'm not brilliant. So yeah, I've spent a lot of time with horses. They're great creatures; I love them. I do love riding them when I get the chance to. "

" I didn't get into this for fame, I genuinely didn't. I love acting, and I know that's a cliche, but I didn't, really, I was very naive when it came to the whole being recognized thing. "

" I trained in theater. And I started in theater with my first two jobs doing stage plays. "

" I just don't know anything about fashion. "