--- title: "6 Game Thrones Quotes By Charles Dance" description: "6 Game Thrones quotes by Charles Dance. Plus more from Charles Dance and more Game Thrones sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f15/charles-dance-10952_about_there-is-a-huge-fan-base-they-re-very-kn_814357.jpg" --- > [There is a huge fan base; they're very knowledgeable and very loyal. I was astonished - before I started working on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/there-is-a-huge-fan-base-they-re-very-knowledgeable-and-very-loyal-i/) [Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f15/charles-dance-10952_about_there-is-a-huge-fan-base-they-re-very-kn_814357.jpg) > [ I have to admit that I haven't read any of the books \[of George Martin's "Game of Thrones"\] and I don't refer… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/i-have-to-admit-that-i-haven-t-read-any-of-the-books-of-george-martin/) [Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52e/charles-dance-10952_book_i-have-to-admit-that-i-haven-t-read-any_915761.jpg) > [ But the quality of writing in the series \[game of Thrones\] is paramount. That's probably why all of us are involved in… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/but-the-quality-of-writing-in-the-series-game-of-thrones-is-paramount/) [Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec1/charles-dance-10952_character_but-the-quality-of-writing-in-the-series_1270959.jpg) > [There is a huge fan base, they're very knowledgeable and very loyal. I was astonished - before I started working on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/there-is-a-huge-fan-base-they-re-very-knowledgeable-and-very-loyal-i-2/) [Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/525/charles-dance-10952_book_there-is-a-huge-fan-base-they-re-very-kn_1793635.jpg) > [We get a successful television series or something, and next season they give you less time and less money, which is something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/we-get-a-successful-television-series-or-something-and-next-season/) [Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/095/charles-dance-10952_games_we-get-a-successful-television-series-or_1816299.jpg) > [I don't like watching television too much; it tires me out for some reason. But I saw a fair bit of 'Game…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/i-don-t-like-watching-television-too-much-it-tires-me-out-for-some/) [Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3be/charles-dance-10952_because_i-don-t-like-watching-television-too-muc_3104689.jpg) ## Other authors on Game Thrones ## More by Charles Dance > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/i-was-a-window-dresser-for-burton-s-once-what-really-put-me-off-was/) [Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/) > [The quality of writing attracts me to films, also who the other actors are, who the director is, where it's being shot. Any or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/the-quality-of-writing-attracts-me-to-films-also-who-the-other-actors/) [Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/) > [You have to attempt to be objective about yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/you-have-to-attempt-to-be-objective-about-yourself/) [Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/) > [If you get a bad script, then you start expending energy trying to make a silk purse of a sow's ear. When the script's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/if-you-get-a-bad-script-then-you-start-expending-energy-trying-to/) [Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/) > [I phoned this number and said, Please, sir, I want to be an actor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/i-phoned-this-number-and-said-please-sir-i-want-to-be-an-actor/) [Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/) > [Most feature films are 35-40 shooting days.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/most-feature-films-are-35-40-shooting-days/) [Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/) > [My face lends itself to austere characters, and unless they're two-dimensional, I will do them. Any actor will tell you that an interesting villain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/my-face-lends-itself-to-austere-characters-and-unless-they-re-two/) [Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/) > [When you have a label stuck on you, people tend to believe it. If someone calls you suave and debonair, you only get offered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/when-you-have-a-label-stuck-on-you-people-tend-to-believe-it-if/) [Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/) > [I would have liked to have worked with Ralph Richardson and Paul Scofield, but they're dead now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/i-would-have-liked-to-have-worked-with-ralph-richardson-and-paul/) [Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/) > [If I was to put a little flag in everywhere I've been in the world, there'd be a lot of little flags.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/if-i-was-to-put-a-little-flag-in-everywhere-i-ve-been-in-the-world/) [Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/) > [When you get to a certain age, the work begins to thin out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/when-you-get-to-a-certain-age-the-work-begins-to-thin-out/) [Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/) > [Actors can't retire. If actors retired, there would be nobody left to play old, wrinkly people. You have to keep going, darling - don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/actors-can-t-retire-if-actors-retired-there-would-be-nobody-left-to/) [Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/) > [ Because \[writers\] Dan Weiss and David Benioff have done such a great job in adapting them, that's what we work with. It serves no… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/because-writers-dan-weiss-and-david-benioff-have-done-such-a-great/) [Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/) > [There is a huge fan base; they're very knowledgeable and very loyal. I was astonished - before I started working on the series, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/there-is-a-huge-fan-base-they-re-very-knowledgeable-and-very-loyal-i/) [Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/) > [We have to take risks in British television. It has to stop playing to the lowest common denominator and patronising people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/we-have-to-take-risks-in-british-television-it-has-to-stop-playing-to/) [Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/game-thrones/charles-dance/#itemlist", "name": "6 Game Thrones Quotes By Charles Dance", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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.' 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