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" When people are infected by my charm, they don't see my size. My piercing deep blue eyes are distracting. "

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" The reason I like 'Breaking Bad,' which is still probably my favorite show, is Walter White. You watch him transform, and that's so fascinating. And I think. a lot of TV shows that aren't successful, it's because the characters become stagnant. "

" 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. "

" I like playing the guy on the sidelines. They have more fun. "

" I'm recognized, let me put it that way. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I think everybody goes through changes, and the same should be said for fictional characters, especially ones that you follow on television. "

" I knew David Benioff a bit socially. I knew his wife, Amanda Peet. He's a smart guy, so I always sought him out at dinner parties. "

" So I won't say I'm lucky. I'm fortunate enough to find or attract very talented people. For some reason I found them, and they found me. "

" Does anybody actually go out in L.A.? When I lived there, I'd just stay in my apartment. "

" I often don't see what I've done, or I cringe when I watch myself. "

" I'm a private person in many ways. "

" Even 'Lord of the Rings' had dwarf-tossing jokes in it. It's like, 'Really?' "

" I think if actors are successful at one thing, they paint themselves into a corner sometimes, and what's the fun in that? "

" Any swagger is just defense. When you're reminded so much of who you are by people - not a fame thing, but with my size, constantly, growing up - you just either curl up in a corner in the dark or you wear it proudly, like armor or something. You can turn it on its head and use it yourself before anybody else gets a chance. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" You want your privacy as a human being. "

" Women on the whole are often not as shallow as men are. They can be, but they cut through things a little more easily than men do in terms of that superficial stuff. "

" Will Ferrell is just about the nicest guy - anyone can tell you that. "

" Fantasy novels, I don't really gravitate to that part of the bookstore. "

" 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. "

" 'Lassie' was amazing. I didn't have any scenes with humans. There's a couple little bits, here or there, but mainly just me and my horse and a couple of dogs in the Isle of Man. "

" Since I've joined 'Game of Thrones,' it's been such a pleasure. "

" I feel as much of a stud as... I can't come up with a metaphor. That's how lacking in studliness I am. "

" 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. "

" 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. "