When You Get To A Certain Age,

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.

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.

A Handful Of Older, Romantic Leading Men, Like Sean Connery, Jack Nicholson, And Robert Redford Are Still Landing Parts.

It Starts With The Writing - Which Is Really, Really Good. And The Production Values Are Phenomenal. Hbo And Sky Have Spent Money On It, And You Get What You Pay For. This Has Money Put Into It Properly - Not Lavish Amounts - But As Each Season Is Successful, They Maintain The Money That's Being Spent To Maintain The Quality.

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.