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Walter Charles Dance, OBE (born 10 October 1946) is an English actor, screenwriter, and film director.

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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.

Bad, Blessed, Rhythm, Sex, Think, Thinking

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.

Bred, Demeanor, Look, Looks, Mud, Way

A car to pick me up every day, a chair with my name on it, everybody being very polite. . . what can you do except sit back and watch it all, try to take it all in?

Car, Chair, Except, Names, Pick Me Up, Sit

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 directors for each block. We shoot with two, sometimes three cameras.

Block, Exactly, Jobs, Shoot, Two

If I talk about Charles Dance I am talking about something else, something I operate and wind up and have to make an impression with and use to transmit someone else's screenplay.

Dance, Make, Talking, Use, Wind

You have to be selfish to be an actor.

Actor, Actors, Selfish, Selfishness

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

Age, Certain, Work, Thin, Begins

Most films are written and made with a hero around 35, or even 25.

Film, Films, Hero, Made, Written

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

Clout, Gives, Giving, Principal, Roles

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 positions of power to be threatened.

People, Position Of Power, Positions, Power, Threatened, Want

You have to attempt to be objective about yourself.

About Yourself, Attempt, Objective, Objectives

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 this.

Coming, Dressers, Natch, Think, Thinking, Window

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're very thick [in size] and they frighten me. A terrifying prospect.

Apart, Book, Games, Refer, Size, Thrones

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 - but it's a strange way to spend your life, dressing up like Star Wars. At least we change our costumes - I don't spend 40 years dressed up as Tywin Lannister.

Conventions, Couple, Life, Like, Stars, War

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

Apologising, Peter, Son, Treats, Tyrion

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 there's a captive audience at the end of it - which you can't always guarantee with a movie.

Audience, Differences, Film, Independent, Jobs

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 [playing political mastermind the Queen of Thorns] and we have a couple of really good sparring moments.

Couple, Kings, Queens, Quite, Rigg, Thorns

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 melted away.

Daughter, Dream, Fond, Heart, Night, Youth

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

Connery, Landing, Men, Nicholson, Redford, Romantic