Peter Dinklage

“My mother was an elementary school teacher for 35 years and taught at the Nixon School in New Jersey. I was raised as a very liberal Democrat, and she was protesting Nixon when he was in off...”

“I never lived in an abandoned railroad station.”

“What I really want is to play the romantic lead and get the girl.”

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

“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 tru...”

“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 bec...”

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

“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.”

“People have the strangest ideas about dwarves.”

“I feel as much of a stud as... I can't come up with a metaphor. That's how lacking in studliness I am.”

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

“My brother, who's a violinist now, was the real ham, the real performer of the family. His passion for the violin is the only thing that kept him from being an actor.”

“Will Ferrell is just about the nicest guy - anyone can tell you that.”