Peter Dinklage quotes

Peter Dinklage is an American actor best known for his role as Tyrion Lannister in the television series Game of Thrones. His performances have received critical acclaim and numerous awards, including multiple Emmys. He is widely admired for breaking barriers for actors with dwarfism in Hollywood. Here are 24 of his quotes:

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. (Peter Dinklage)

So I won't say I'm lucky. I'm fortunate enough to find or attract very talented people. For some reason I found them, and they found me.

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I am this guy who's four and a half feet tall, but my life doesn't constantly address it.

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

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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.

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

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I never lived in an abandoned railroad station.

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George Martin is an incredible writer.

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My favourite superhero? I have a soft spot for Batman, because he doesn't have any super powers - he's just a person. And he's pretty dark.

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I dress and eat like a fifth-grader, basically. I like sandwiches and cereal and hooded sweatshirts.

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

Being on television, playing the same character for many years, for me, I think that would get a little tedious.

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I spend my nights just sitting and reading a book and drinking my tea and walking my dog. That's about as exciting as my life gets.

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I like playing the guy on the sidelines. They have more fun.

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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.

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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.

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Bad guys are complicated characters. It's always fun to play them. You get away with a lot more. You don't have a heroic code you have to live by.

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

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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.

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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.

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

My family had a habit of collecting creatures that didn't always want to be pets. The first animal I can remember was a Lab named Zoe.

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That's one of the things about theater vs. film - with theater, actors have a little more control, and one of the disappointing things about films is that once you're done shooting, anything can happen, you know?

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I was opposed to doing TV for a long time because I thought the quality of writing wasn't very strong, as opposed to film, but there's been a shift in term of the quality of scripts. HBO has attracted a tremendous amount of great writing talent.

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Occupation: American Actor
Born: June 11, 1969
Quotes count: 24

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