You have to look at your blessings, don't you? With Thrones, I have to realize that, whatever happens, and for all the stress and the pressure that goes with it, it's been an extraordinary journey and I know I'll look back later in my life and think, 'That was crazy, that was amazing.' It's something that very, very few people experience, and I love that.

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

I love action. I love doing fight scenes, I always have.

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

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.

It's very difficult to say anything in Icelandic. I can say "takk," which means "thank you." That's about all I learned.

I'm very much a "that's so obvious, I must not mention it" kind of guy.