I never was a big comic book fan. Obviously I'd heard them growing up from my friends who did read them, but I never was a big comic book reader.

I'm on 'Game Of Thrones,' and every time we have someone new coming on our show, we welcome them with open arms and get revitalised by this new presence. Then we kill them off very quickly.

I was born in 1969, believe it or not, so I was a child in the '70s.

Any swagger is just defense. When you're 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.

Writing is getting killed by too many chefs. Back in the Bogart days, it started with great scripts. You had a writer, and he wrote a script, and that was your movie. I think that's been watered down a bit lately.

I think 'No' is a very powerful word in our business that is very hard to use early on in your career. But I also think I was pretty arrogant when I was younger... I used that word maybe too much, but it did help me with finding roles that I did like.

I've been to Sundance before, but I'd never seen a lot of screenings.

A lot of parts written for people of my size, dwarfs, are either foolish idiots or, like, these sages that are all-knowing, and they're very, sort of, come-to-them-for-answers.

I have a big cynical side to me.

I've felt like an outsider. I've had to struggle.

I don't like people being cautious and tentative and choosing their words carefully around me because I'm a dwarf.

Jen Lawrence is quite a fan of 'Game of Thrones.'

We're not environmentally doing very good things to this planet, and we might not be around too long.

We, as Americans, at least - I mean, I love my country - but we're so self-righteous sometimes, in terms of, like, our nationality, our country. But we're people from somewhere else; the true 'Americans' are the original peoples. It's funny, but we're a very territorial species.

There's a thing at the Museum of Natural History in New York, where I live: they have a stairwell where you follow the beginning and the course of this planet, and it's a very long stairwell, and you follow, and you follow, and then you reach the top, and we're, like, half a step on the stairwell - the timeline for us on this planet.

It was hard doing scenes with Bobby Cannavale because I would break up laughing because he's so funny.

I think more money can be very detrimental to movies and TV because things get solved economically rather than creatively, and that's never a good solution.

I think with a lot of filmmakers, their first film is their best film because they had to think on their feet and solve problems with ingenuity.

With a lot of shows, what you'll see happen is they start off really well, and they're very original, but they become sort of a version of themselves. They stand outside the show... they become a cliche of the show they once were. That's the whole 'jumping the shark' thing.

I think everybody goes through changes, and the same should be said for fictional characters, especially ones that you follow on television.

People's personalities get tweaked at weddings.

Anybody who was in 'The Godfather' is a tough guy.

There are wars being fought! Who cares what I'm doing on a Saturday night? I'm not even a celebrity.

I'm recognized, let me put it that way.

You want your privacy as a human being.

I saw a report on the news: 'Peter Dinklage tweeted... ' What? You know, I don't need any of that stuff. I got an email account; that's all I need.

Sometimes on sets, I shut down, try to focus.

Sometimes, when the material is really good, you put expectations on yourself to make it the best possible show. You're not just serving up the regular hash and doing your job and going home.

'Star Wars' or 'The Lord of the Rings' deal with great big Joseph Campbell-style myths, good and evil.

Women respond to comfort and a sense of humor. I was always able to make them laugh, so that helps a lot.

Women on the whole are often not as shallow as men are. They can be, but they cut through things a little more easily than men do in terms of that superficial stuff.

If I was born 400 years ago instead of now, I wouldn't have the life I have. There were freak shows, and there was horrible discrimination.

I'm not going to play my violin, but with my dwarfism, I'm a bit of a mutant.

Since I've joined 'Game of Thrones,' it's been such a pleasure.

'Game of Thrones' fans are the nicest people ever, but a thousand nice people coming at me gives me claustrophobia.

I have a friend - not a dwarf - who's an alchemist of sorts. He concocted a men's cologne... He gave me a bottle as a gift. I was thinking we should totally put this on the market. You know how Jessica Simpson and Beyonce have signature perfumes and make a mint? I'm thinking this cologne could be my ticket to fortune.

Friends don't care about issues like dwarf tossing.

It's amazing what they can do with animation nowadays. It's really beautiful. The 3D stuff is out of hand.

I often don't see what I've done, or I cringe when I watch myself.

I just don't like boring myself. That's one of the main reasons I did 'Ice Age' - because I'd never done something like this before.

Does anybody actually go out in L.A.? When I lived there, I'd just stay in my apartment.

I like the busted-nose look. I think it's a good look for me.

Maybe in my 20s I was a little more lively. But I'm done with that.

It's a shame how a lot of actors use theater as a stepping stone to film and television work; I think it shouldn't be treated that way. Maybe it's narcissism or something. I think we should always go back to it. I try and do a play a year, and I think that's really helped me.

'Lassie' was amazing. I didn't have any scenes with humans. There's a couple little bits, here or there, but mainly just me and my horse and a couple of dogs in the Isle of Man.

It is hard working with animals, I've got to say.

I think successful movies that are based on books are their own thing. I think if you're too faithful, word by word, character trait to character trait, it can hurt the movie.

Anything that opens up people's perceptions a bit is good.

I like animals, all animals. I wouldn't hurt a cat or a dog - or a chicken or a cow. And I wouldn't ask someone else to hurt them for me. That's why I'm a vegetarian.

When people are infected by my charm, they don't see my size. My piercing deep blue eyes are distracting.