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" When I was 14, I saw 'Waiting for Godot.' It's one of those plays that if it's done badly is absolutely dire and can put you off acting for life. But I was laughing all the way through it. "

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" You find with the really great actors, the ones you really admire and look up to, very often they're very giving, generous, warm people. "

Kit Harington

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" Politics is a game and a profession. It doesn't really serve the people the politicians are supposed to serve. "

" 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. "

" 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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" 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. "

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

Kit Harington

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" There are lots of actors out there who are hugely, hugely talented and haven't got the breaks I've had. "

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

" I wear quite fitted clothing. I don't like wearing baggy stuff. "

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

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

Kit Harington

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" As an actor, you don't have much choice about your appearance. It's a good excuse for looking ridiculous. "

" I actually don't do much to my hair. It gets fussed over a lot on projects because there's a lot of it, and it's boy's hair, but as far as me, I tend to let it do what it wants. "

Kit Harington

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" There's an unhealthy obsession in America with royalty and the class system. "

" Wearing baggy clothes makes me look shorter. I just don't know anything about fashion. I know what I like wearing. I'm always accused that I wear too much black. I love wearing black. "

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

" 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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" Jeff Bridges is one of those icons that I put on a very high pedestal, so just to get to chill with him off-camera on cold, rainy days was surreal. "

" 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. "

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

" I remember I had to play a blind person once, and I did this stupid thing with my eyes, and I knew the minute I started it I'd made a mistake. "

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

" 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. "

" 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 love going out. I love partying. "

" 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. "

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