I Don't Think I've Ever

Because [writers] Dan Weiss And David Benioff Have Done Such A Great Job In Adapting Them, That's What We Work With. It Serves No Purpose To Anybody For Actors To Come Onto A Set With A Well-thumbed Copy Of The Source Material And Start Querying Why This Or That Line Has Been Left Out Of The Script. It's Probably Been Left Out For A Good Reason.

But The Quality Of Writing In The Series [game Of Thrones] Is Paramount. That's Probably Why All Of Us Are Involved In This And All Of Us Are Quite So Loyal To It, Because We Don't Have To Expend A Lot Of Energy Trying To Make A Silk Purse Out Of A Pig's Ear. The Quality Of The Writing Is Really Good, And That's What Makes Playing A Character So Enjoyable, Whether He's Heroic Or Villainous.

A Car To Pick Me Up Every Day, A Chair With My Name On It, Everybody Being Very Polite... What Can You Do Except Sit Back And Watch It All, Try To Take It All In?

I Spent A Lot Of Time [between Takes] Apologising To Peter Dinklage [dance's On-screen Son, Tyrion Lannister] Because I Treat Him Appallingly.

I've Done A Couple Of Fan Conventions And [the Fans] Are Legion. They're Rather Like Star Wars Or Star Trek Fans. We're Very Glad Of The Loyal Fans - But It's A Strange Way To Spend Your Life, Dressing Up Like Star Wars. At Least We Change Our Costumes - I Don't Spend 40 Years Dressed Up As Tywin Lannister.