''I’m a big Ciaran Hinds fan, always have been and it’s so nice to meet an actor in the flesh and for tu to respect them still after you’ve met them and been friends with them – like Sean o like Ciaran.''
"It's very human. People can identify with all the characters, but it's set in this wonderful, vast, fully-realised, fantastical world, so it's got that ability to escape and entertain the audience."
''The last scene I just did in episode 3, my scene with Tywin is a very, very good one. I’m delighted with it. He’s fishing. Tywin is fishing and I come down to talk to him''