Usually when I'm mad, I'd rather listen to angry music than soothing music - more heavy metal, some Metallica or something.
Well, I'm not a natural gym person myself, anyway.
The best piece of advice Ive ever been given was, Be in the business youre in. Dont just be a satellite around it and expect it to come to you. Be in the business youre in.
The way Shakespeare wrote Fallstaff is with a heightened language and everything.
I love the chameleon nature of this business [acting]. I always have. Sometimes I'm not as recognizable as somebody else and I may not have gotten a role, but for me, acting is not a competition. I've just kept my head down and kept working, and had the great pleasure of working with some amazing people and playing some extraordinary and extreme characters.
Sometimes, I have lost out on a gig because I was not high enough profile.
Nobody wakes up in the morning thinking, 'I'm a bad guy. ' They think they're the right guy.
There are serious budgetry issues that need to be worked through. Playing a game of lying about what's in the content of legislation isn't going to get them anywhere.
One of the most beautiful things about 'Game of Thrones' is it's told from so many different points of view, and these characters can convince you that what they're doing is right. But they're only showing you a bit of the picture, and when you see it from another character's point of view you may switch allegiances.
I have always felt a little held back by working with other people in recording.
Without the protection of surliness and levity, all children would be crushed by the past—the past of others, loaded onto their shoulders. Selfishness is their saving grace.