--- title: "8 Game Thrones Quotes By Alex Graves" description: "8 Game Thrones quotes by Alex Graves. Plus more from Alex Graves and more Game Thrones sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bb/alex-graves-21348_about_for-game-of-thrones-i-realized-immediate_443479.jpg" --- > [For 'Game of Thrones,' I realized immediately that it was about the characters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-graves/for-game-of-thrones-i-realized-immediately-that-it-was-about-the/) [Alex Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-graves/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bb/alex-graves-21348_about_for-game-of-thrones-i-realized-immediate_443479.jpg) > [The hardest part of 'Game of Thrones' is there is so much incredible talent bouncing off the walls that you'll actually miss…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-graves/the-hardest-part-of-game-of-thrones-is-there-is-so-much-incredible/) [Alex Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-graves/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/900/alex-graves-21348_actually_the-hardest-part-of-game-of-thrones-is-t_636380.jpg) > [Because if you remember - and people forget this - the first two years of Game of Thrones everybody was going, "I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-graves/because-if-you-remember-and-people-forget-this-the-first-two-years-of/) [Alex Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-graves/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/555/alex-graves-21348_changed_because-if-you-remember-and-people-forge_782603.jpg) > ['Game of Thrones' is the broadest of narratives. I don't know if anyone in the U.S. has done a story on such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-graves/game-of-thrones-is-the-broadest-of-narratives-i-don-t-know-if-anyone/) [Alex Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-graves/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a9/alex-graves-21348_anyone_game-of-thrones-is-the-broadest-of-narra_1238652.jpg) > ['Game of Thrones' is shot on a very similar kind of schedule to a TV show, but there's a lot more time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-graves/game-of-thrones-is-shot-on-a-very-similar-kind-of-schedule-to-a-tv/) [Alex Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-graves/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff4/alex-graves-21348_focus_game-of-thrones-is-shot-on-a-very-simila_2320607.jpg) > [No director directs 'Game of Thrones' without reading all the episodes and knowing what's going on. All the episodes are written in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-graves/no-director-directs-game-of-thrones-without-reading-all-the-episodes/) [Alex Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-graves/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b56/alex-graves-21348_advance_no-director-directs-game-of-thrones-with_2538523.jpg) > [You pull anyone from an alien planet down to Earth, and you want to show them great work, show them Tywin Lannister…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-graves/you-pull-anyone-from-an-alien-planet-down-to-earth-and-you-want-to/) [Alex Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-graves/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97a/alex-graves-21348_alien_you-pull-anyone-from-an-alien-planet-dow_2696736.jpg) > [It's funny because 'West Wing' is similar to 'Game of Thrones' in some ways, as it was very hard to pull off…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-graves/it-s-funny-because-west-wing-is-similar-to-game-of-thrones-in-some/) [Alex Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-graves/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d43/alex-graves-21348_back_it-s-funny-because-west-wing-is-similar_3217118.jpg) ## Other authors on Game Thrones ## More by Alex Graves > [I was really, really stagnating and getting bored in the steady work of television and didn't really know what movies I would be making…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-graves/i-was-really-really-stagnating-and-getting-bored-in-the-steady-work/) [Alex Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-graves/) > ['Terra Nova,' more than anything I've ever done in my life, is for everybody.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-graves/terra-nova-more-than-anything-i-ve-ever-done-in-my-life-is-for/) [Alex Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-graves/) > [And one of the things that's interesting about how they're doing the show is that the audience almost knows more than the characters do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-graves/and-one-of-the-things-that-s-interesting-about-how-they-re-doing-the/) [Alex Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-graves/) > [My experience on 'The West Wing' was, I think, now rare in that I was pretty young, and I walked into this environment where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-graves/my-experience-on-the-west-wing-was-i-think-now-rare-in-that-i-was/) [Alex Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-graves/) > [For 'Game of Thrones,' I realized immediately that it was about the characters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-graves/for-game-of-thrones-i-realized-immediately-that-it-was-about-the/) [Alex Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-graves/) > [Especially as a director on 'West Wing,' I directed a lot of different things in a lot of different ways and really stretched my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-graves/especially-as-a-director-on-west-wing-i-directed-a-lot-of-different/) [Alex Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-graves/) > [The hardest part of 'Game of Thrones' is there is so much incredible talent bouncing off the walls that you'll actually miss some of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-graves/the-hardest-part-of-game-of-thrones-is-there-is-so-much-incredible/) [Alex Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-graves/) > [Obviously the highest pressure scene, I guess it might've been a tie - what was the bigger death, Tyrion with Shae, Tyrion wth Twyin,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-graves/obviously-the-highest-pressure-scene-i-guess-it-might-ve-been-a-tie/) [Alex Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-graves/) > [Because if you remember - and people forget this - the first two years of Game of Thrones everybody was going, "I don't know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-graves/because-if-you-remember-and-people-forget-this-the-first-two-years-of/) [Alex Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-graves/) > [Death is either an incredible ending to a story or, more often than not if you ask the right questions, it's the beginning of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-graves/death-is-either-an-incredible-ending-to-a-story-or-more-often-than/) [Alex Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-graves/) > [For someone making a pilot, assuming the talent is there and you can maneuver the system properly, it's just a matter of standing your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-graves/for-someone-making-a-pilot-assuming-the-talent-is-there-and-you-can/) [Alex Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-graves/) > [There weren't any deleted scenes, it was just a matter of tightening stuff. I didn't have any deleted scenes in what I did as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-graves/there-weren-t-any-deleted-scenes-it-was-just-a-matter-of-tightening/) [Alex Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-graves/) > [You can certainly shorten things and tighten things, we tightened up Jon's walk to Mance Rayder's tent. That was something that got tightened up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-graves/you-can-certainly-shorten-things-and-tighten-things-we-tightened-up/) [Alex Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-graves/) > [I was, and am, a frustrated filmmaker and film student, and my passion and love for movies was so broad that, in the earlier…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-graves/i-was-and-am-a-frustrated-filmmaker-and-film-student-and-my-passion/) [Alex Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-graves/) > ['Game of Thrones' is the broadest of narratives. I don't know if anyone in the U.S. has done a story on such a large…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-graves/game-of-thrones-is-the-broadest-of-narratives-i-don-t-know-if-anyone/) [Alex Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-graves/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/game-thrones/alex-graves/#itemlist", "name": "8 Game Thrones Quotes By Alex Graves", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For 'Game of Thrones,' I realized immediately that it was about the characters.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alex Graves" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-graves/for-game-of-thrones-i-realized-immediately-that-it-was-about-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bb/alex-graves-21348_about_for-game-of-thrones-i-realized-immediate_443479.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bb/alex-graves-21348_about_for-game-of-thrones-i-realized-immediate_443479.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bb/alex-graves-21348_about_for-game-of-thrones-i-realized-immediate_443479.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“For 'Game of Thrones,' I realized immediately that it was about the characters.” — Alex Graves", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The hardest part of 'Game of Thrones' is there is so much incredible talent bouncing off the walls that you'll actually miss some of them, and not getting it is very intimidating.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alex Graves" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-graves/the-hardest-part-of-game-of-thrones-is-there-is-so-much-incredible/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/900/alex-graves-21348_actually_the-hardest-part-of-game-of-thrones-is-t_636380.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/900/alex-graves-21348_actually_the-hardest-part-of-game-of-thrones-is-t_636380.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/900/alex-graves-21348_actually_the-hardest-part-of-game-of-thrones-is-t_636380.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The hardest part of 'Game of Thrones' is there is so much incredible talent bouncing off the walls that…” — Alex Graves", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Because if you remember - and people forget this - the first two years of Game of Thrones everybody was going, \"I don't know what's going on, but I really like it.\" And you really didn't know what to make of a lot of people, and now it's changed and people aren't really talking about that. 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