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Michael McElhatton

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[Wikipedia] Michael McElhatton is an Irish actor and writer. He is best known for playing the role of Roose Bolton in the HBO series Game of Thrones from the second to the sixth season (2012–2016). Other credits include I Went Down (1997), Paths to Freedom (2000), Saltwater (2000), Blow Dry (2001), The Actors (

Quotes by Michael McElhatton

You don't always get to send your regards, or anything. You're just gone. That's the way it is. It's shocking and it's…

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Always

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We've all seen so many plays where there's brilliant acting and suddenly there's so many dreadful punches that it takes you out…

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Acting

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When you have a child or you love somebody, that's your Achilles' heel on 'Game of Thrones,' because your enemy will find…

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Children

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I was 20, naive and foolish. I spent a year auditioning for various drama schools but RADA was the one I liked most.

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Auditioning

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That's what you want to do as an actor and as an artist: move an audience.

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Actor

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The Red Wedding was an amazing experience I'll never forget. We rehearsed it like a play over one whole day, and then…

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Amazing

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After 'Paths to Freedom,' I met some people who used to teach drama in Mountjoy and they said that the prisoners loved…

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Drama

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That's what I love about death on 'Game of Thrones.' Nobody has dying speeches. Nobody has anything like that. Once you're gone,…

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Anything

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One of the great achievements of 'Game of Thrones' is that everybody knows at least 10 characters are going to die every…

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Always

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You just never know how an audience is going to react.

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Audience

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There isn't any actor or anybody involved in 'Game of Thrones' who is bigger than the show.

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Actor

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I actually don't know the legality of inheritance in George R.R. Martin's world.

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Actually

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Roose is a very cold, pragmatic guy, and he's a survivor. He makes choices based on that, and friendship goes out the…

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Choices

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TV doesn't, in general, date very well.

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Date

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There are obviously a multitude of brutal things that happen on 'Game of Thrones,' and the press or social media tend to…

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Game

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I like Roose. He was very good to me. Look, how can you remember Roose Bolton? He was a cold, callous, heartless…

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Cold

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