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" The most famous actress who did the 'dumb blond' routine was Marilyn Monroe, but she was a genius actress. "
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
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" I think advice is cheap. You can only really learn by doing and making mistakes. "
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" I don't necessarily enjoy being at the gym. It's something I have to do, more than something I look forward to doing. But it does enable me to do fun things. "
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" I always feel for the younger cast members in 'Game of Thrones.' They're really clever and smart. "
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" You have to be sharp when the camera's rolling. I want to be totally unselfconscious, like a child playing. I do as much prep as possible so I can lose myself for those seconds. "
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" My mum was a librarian, and my dad worked in Greenland. "
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" I started at drama school at 18. "
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" What I love about acting is that you are exposed to so many different things. Horse-riding, sailing, travelling to amazing places. "
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" I actually met a cop who worked with street gangs. I wanted to understand what drives someone who deals with very hardened criminals on a daily basis. How do you turn that off when you go home at night? "
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" I'm a fan of Ed Norton. "
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" I did a network show in the U.S. before, and I loved it, but you have eight days to shoot an episode, and it's just a ridiculous pace. "
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" The only thing I find difficult to watch - horror movies - not that I don't like them. Like 'The Shining,' it's one of my favorite movies, but it's terrifying. I feel like I've watched a marathon afterwards. "
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" Everyone's expectation of New York is so big, and then you go, 'Oh, it really is like no other place on Earth!' "
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" I like to wear beautiful clothes, but I don't have that many. "
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" I actually read somewhere that they measured how many calories you burn from watching movies, and horror movies are way, way up the list. "
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" Still, to this day, I can't run on the treadmill. Why not just run outside? I never understood it. "
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" You always dream of being part of a show that reaches and thrills an audience. "
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