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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [A while ago, I did a television adaptation of 'Bleak House,' and the character I played, as far as I was concerned,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/a-while-ago-i-did-a-television-adaptation-of-bleak-house-and-the/)

[Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/)

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> [ 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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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)

> [We need to look to our laurels a bit with television in this country. I don't think enough risks are being taken…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/we-need-to-look-to-our-laurels-a-bit-with-television-in-this-country/)

[Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/)

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> [It starts with the writing - which is really, really good. And the production values are phenomenal. HBO and Sky have spent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/it-starts-with-the-writing-which-is-really-really-good-and-the/)

[Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/295/charles-dance-10952_amount_it-starts-with-the-writing-which-is-real_3160974.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/)

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> [ 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/)

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- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rush-limbaugh-81741.jpg) Rush Limbaugh 20 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/television/rush-limbaugh/)
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## 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/)

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