You Have To Be Selfish

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.

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.

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.

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.

People Like Tywin Lannister Are Very Much Victims Of That System, And Of That Environment: 'this Is My Place, Don't Threaten It'. I Don't Know How Relevant That Is To Today. Politics Is The Most Corrupt Profession On Earth, No Matter Where You Are.