When You Get To A Certain Age,

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

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 You're A Natch At This.

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 To Them. Apart From Anything Else They're Very Thick [in Size] And They Frighten Me. A Terrifying Prospect.

Power Is Always A Corrupting Influence. In This Mythical Time - Let's Call It Medieval, Feudal - People In Power Are Dictatorial And Don't Want Their Positions Of Power To Be Threatened.

But The Quality Of Writing In The Series [game Of Thrones] Is Paramount. That's Probably Why All Of Us Are Involved In This And All Of Us Are Quite So Loyal To It, Because We Don't Have To Expend A Lot Of Energy Trying To Make A Silk Purse Out Of A Pig's Ear. The Quality Of The Writing Is Really Good, And That's What Makes Playing A Character So Enjoyable, Whether He's Heroic Or Villainous.