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" The best thing you can do to an audience is to make them work. "
Liam Cunningham
Work
Make
Best
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" On a job, there's so much commitment you have to give, in regards to time, research... I like the tunnel vision of it that prevents anything else from getting in. The creativity and collaboration required there is very rewarding. "
Liam Cunningham
Time
Job
Research
" You have to look for story. That's obvious. If that's not on the page, you can forget it. But I also read whatever character I'm being offered. And if you can cut them out without it affecting the story, then I say no straight away. "
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Say
You
Character
" I don't consider myself - and I hope I'm never going to be - a 'movie star.' I'd like to be called an actor. "
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Like
Star
Never
" I've got loads of ideas, but I need some structure in my life. I need a mission. "
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Need
My Life
Mission
" I think HBO and a couple of the other cable channels in America are making some of the best television that's ever been made. "
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America
Been
" I've found that the older I get, the more spontaneous I become. "
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More
Found
Spontaneous
" Let's just shatter the illusion. I am not wealthy. I've lived in the same house for the past 30 years. "
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Past
Same
Lived
" The only thing an actor can do is, whatever lands on the carpet in the hall, you read it, and if you can't put it down, that's the job to do. "
Liam Cunningham
Down
Actor
You
" I've always admired people like Donal McCann. He wasn't a household name, but if he put his name to something, you were guaranteed a good yarn at the very least. "
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Always
Good
You
" The best kind of art or writing holds up a mirror to society. "
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Art
Up
Writing
" If anyone gets arrogant about their religion, that's when the religion isn't effective anymore. Any decent religion or any decent philosophy is always about tolerance and individual freedom, not about harm. "
Liam Cunningham
Philosophy
Religion
Freedom
" If you're doing movies on a set... many times, I've shot the end of a movie in the first week of shooting. Because of locations or budgets or actors' availability. "
Liam Cunningham
Week
You
Shooting
" I love onions. I cook with them all the time. "
Liam Cunningham
Onions
Time
I Love
" The way I view drama is life with the boring bits taken out. "
Liam Cunningham
Life
Drama
Way
" When 'Games of Thrones' is finished, I'm not one to go on about it too long and rest on one's laurels. The stuff that interests me is the work. "
Liam Cunningham
Go
Rest
Me
" I've never done a big series like 'Game of Thrones' before. All I knew was that it was HBO, and I'd seen what they had done with 'The Sopranos' and 'The Wire.' But when I started reading the script, it was a no-brainer. Yes, yes, yes. Gold. Every time I turned the page. "
Liam Cunningham
Gold
Done
Game
" I had no acting background in my family and no experience of theatre. I hadn't even been in a school play. "
Liam Cunningham
Family
Experience
Theatre
" I live an odd existence. I dip into bizarre, very expensive worlds, and then I'm back with a bang to reality, and I put the bins out. "
Liam Cunningham
Live
Existence
Out
" The demonization of people who don't have a voice is particularly despicable, and the only thing we can do in our own little way is hold a mirror up to society and kind of say we're better than that. "
Liam Cunningham
Society
Better
Mirror
" I suppose I am a bit of rough. I'm originally from Coolock: I'm rough around the edges. "
Liam Cunningham
Edges
Am
Around
" The attraction of power is heady, addictive. And as we know from real life, it can be a disease. A horrific disease. "
Liam Cunningham
Real Life
Know
Power
" Paris is cafe culture, Dublin is pub culture, and that's the best place to solve all the world's problems: over a pint! One of the great joys of living, I think. The problems of the world seem to disappear. "
Liam Cunningham
Culture
Cafe
World
" Because I came to acting quite late, I kind of think one of the few attributes that I do have is that I try to be honest with the character, with the writing. I'm not a tricksy actor; I'm not exactly a scenery-chewing kind of actor. "
Liam Cunningham
Acting
Character
Think
" I work like a dog when I have to, but when I'm not working, I get terribly lazy and could sit around all day. "
Liam Cunningham
Dog
Lazy
Sit
" I was walking home from school when I was about 17 with two friends, and they took a left into an electrical shop. While we were chatting away, they grabbed a couple of forms and I was handed one. My mum found it and made me fill it in. I got called for an interview, and that's how I ended up being an electrician for 11 years. "
Liam Cunningham
Friends
Me
Walking
" I don't feel superior because I think there's no God. Actually, I would love to be able to go, 'Well, the world hasn't been kind to me, but there's something good around the corner, because the Man has a plan.' I wish I believed that. There's wonderful comfort in that. "
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God
World
Think
" I'm an inner city man, born and bred. "
Liam Cunningham
Inner City
Born
Bred
" A person has already made the effort once they open a paper or turn on the news. They want to know what's going on in the world around them. That, in itself, shows they care. But the problem is, most people say, 'That's terrible,' and then move on. Because they find it too difficult to look at. "
Liam Cunningham
Care
Effort
Move On
" Whether it's theatre or TV or film, you're hoping you're going to bump into a writer that's got a bit of honour in him, that wants to tell a good story and is able to tell it well. "
Liam Cunningham
Tell
Story
Good
" The superheroes have taken over all the screens in the world. And good luck to them: they're making a lot of money for a lot of people. But the studios are going to become victims of their own success. People are going to get bored with that stuff. "
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Good
Luck
Money