I was fortunate enough to have an upbringing that made me more accepting of who I am.

Any swagger is just defense. When youre 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.

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.

I don't socialize. I'm kind of a hermit. The life of an actor can be very lonely.

Game of Thrones' is an amazing show, and I have no problem speaking of the virtues of HBO.

I feel really lucky, although I hate that word - 'lucky'.

I think a lot of great male comic actors are introspective, quiet personalities, which I really admire. But they are really able to turn it up when the camera's on.