Part of George R.R. Martins brilliant storytelling is taking the carpet out from under your feet.

When you're on camera, you can't think of all the technical things.

I suppose the things you remember about someone who has died are the funny moments. Those are the ones that stand out.

I went to prep school, Eton and Oxford. When people hear that, they think they know you, and you think: 'No, you don't.'

As a child, I was fascinated by the stories of Dickens acting out everything in front of the mirror as he wrote it down. Later, when you approach his work as an actor, you notice how sayable the dialogue is.

Peter Mullan is the least method actor around.

Success is only another form of failure if we forget what our priorities should be.