I'm actually as common as mud. I'm not particularly well read, or bred. But the way I look... I seem to have this sort of 'aristocratic' demeanor..

On an independent film you're lucky if you get one, but ostensibly the job is the same. There's very little difference, apart from the knowledge that….

I spent a lot of time [between takes] apologising to Peter Dinklage [Dance's on-screen son, Tyrion Lannister] because I treat him appallingly..

There is a huge fan base, they're very knowledgeable and very loyal. I was astonished - before I started working on the series I didn't know anything….

I don't think I've ever been asked to act out bad sex. It's not my style. I've been blessed with good rhythm..

I was a window dresser for Burton's once. What really put me off was the area manager coming round and saying, Charles, I think you're a natch at thi….

Power is always a corrupting influence. In this mythical time - let's call it medieval, feudal - people in power are dictatorial and don't want their….

I'm playing one of the principal roles, which gives you more clout and more confidence..

It's a question of keeping one's eyes and ears open and watching how other people play the game. They're watching me too, to see what my attitude is ….

You have to attempt to be objective about yourself..

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 -….

When you get to a certain age, the work begins to thin out..

I have to admit that I haven't read any of the books [of George Martin's "Game of Thrones"] and I don't refer to them. Apart from anything else they'….

The job is exactly the same, it just goes on for longer on TV. Most feature films are 35-40 shooting days. This has 10 parts, with different director….

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 s….

I am made Hand of the King which gives me an enormous amount of power, which I use quite ruthlessly - but skilfully - and Dame Diana Rigg joins us [p….

People like Tywin Lannister are very much victims of that system, and of that environment: 'This is my place, don't threaten it'. I don't know how re….

It starts with the writing - which is really, really good. And the production values are phenomenal. HBO and Sky have spent money on it, and you get ….

A handful of older, romantic leading men, like Sean Connery, Jack Nicholson, and Robert Redford are still landing parts..

We get a successful television series or something, and next season they give you less time and less money, which is something I've never really unde….

By the margin of fair Zurich's waters Dwelt a youth, whose fond heart, night and day, For the fairest of fair Zurich's daughters In a dream of love m….