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

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.

George Martin is an incredible writer.

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.

I love working with the same actors repeatedly. That happens a lot. It's kind of inevitable, especially if you work with the same writers and directors and you start to form a company of actors. You gravitate towards each other.

[on his dwarfism] When I was younger, definitely, I let it get to me. As an adolescent, I was bitter and angry and I definitely put up these walls. But the older you get, you realize you just have to have a sense of humour. You just know that it's not your problem. It's theirs.

You can say no. You can not be the object of ridicule.