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" We're not environmentally doing very good things to this planet, and we might not be around too long. "
Peter Dinklage
Doing
Good
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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 feel as much of a stud as... I can't come up with a metaphor. That's how lacking in studliness I am. "
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" I guess the word to call me is my name, Pete. "
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" Call me a midget, but just be real. I am all for correct terms, but please don't tiptoe around feelings. Don't be too careful, because that shuts you off from people. "
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" Anybody who was in 'The Godfather' is a tough guy. "
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" A lot of directors straight out of film school are very technically minded, but they don't have an understanding of actors or how to talk to them. "
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" 'Game of Thrones' fans are the nicest people ever, but a thousand nice people coming at me gives me claustrophobia. "
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" I think my mom drove by a nuclear power plant when she was pregnant. But I wouldn't be in 'The Station Agent' if she hadn't. "
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" I like the busted-nose look. I think it's a good look for me. "
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Good
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" Being on television, playing the same character for many years, for me, I think that would get a little tedious. "
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" Jen Lawrence is quite a fan of 'Game of Thrones.' "
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" It's a shame how a lot of actors use theater as a stepping stone to film and television work; I think it shouldn't be treated that way. Maybe it's narcissism or something. I think we should always go back to it. I try and do a play a year, and I think that's really helped me. "
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Me
Stone
" I feel like life is much greater than a hero or a villain: there's good people that sometimes make mistakes. "
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Hero
Good
" I never lived in an abandoned railroad station. "
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Never
Lived
" I was fortunate enough to have an upbringing that made me more accepting of who I am. "
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Me
Accepting
" 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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Time
" We, as Americans, at least - I mean, I love my country - but we're so self-righteous sometimes, in terms of, like, our nationality, our country. But we're people from somewhere else; the true 'Americans' are the original peoples. It's funny, but we're a very territorial species. "
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People
True
Country
" I spend my nights just sitting and reading a book and drinking my tea and walking my dog. That's about as exciting as my life gets. "
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Reading
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" Writing is getting killed by too many chefs. Back in the Bogart days, it started with great scripts. You had a writer, and he wrote a script, and that was your movie. I think that's been watered down a bit lately. "
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You
Writing
Think
" I'm always attracted to anti-hero roles. "
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Attracted
Always
" Maybe everyone is a little too reassuring that things are going to be OK to college graduates. It gives them a false sort of security. "
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Security
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" The greatest preparation for a TV show is to already have one season behind you. "
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" There are wars being fought! Who cares what I'm doing on a Saturday night? I'm not even a celebrity. "
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" I just don't like boring myself. That's one of the main reasons I did 'Ice Age' - because I'd never done something like this before. "
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Never
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" I think with a lot of filmmakers, their first film is their best film because they had to think on their feet and solve problems with ingenuity. "
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" I think a lot of great male comic actors are introspective, quiet personalities, which I really admire. But they are really able to turn it up when the camera's on. "
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Admire
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Up
" 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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Years
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" There are a lot of directors out there who are very specific, visual craftsmen, and while I have the utmost respect for that, they don't really communicate with the actors. "
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" I'm recognized, let me put it that way. "
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Way
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