When You Get To A Certain Age,

We Get A Successful Television Series Or Something, And Next Season They Give You Less Time And Less Money, Which Is Something I've Never Really Understood. That Doesn't Happen With Game Of Thrones.

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.

I Spent A Lot Of Time [between Takes] Apologising To Peter Dinklage [dance's On-screen Son, Tyrion Lannister] Because I Treat Him Appallingly.

There Is A Huge Fan Base, They're Very Knowledgeable And Very Loyal. I Was Astonished - Before I Started Working On The Series I Didn't Know Anything About Game Of Thrones. I Hadn't Heard Of The Books. When It Started Going Out, People Were Coming Up To Me In The Street Saying [fake Cockney Accent] "oh, Game Of Thrones, F------ Wonderful.

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.