Richard Dormer (born 11 November 1969) is a Northern Irish actor and playwright. He is best known for his roles as Beric Dondarrion in the HBO television series Game of Thrones and Dan Anderssen in Sky Atlantic's Fortitude. (wikipedia)
As a writer you see the big picture and how you can tell as one character, how your storyline is going to meet up with all these other storylines. And as an actor you're thinking of all the minutiae, all the very small details.
Sometimes you even start to sound like the character, because you're living and breathing them every day on the set. It gets into your bones, it becomes a part of you.
It's a real luxury to be able to develop with your character.
When you read something that good, it's terrifying because you're thinking, "Oh, god, what if I don't get this?"
I was fascinated by the world. I thought, "I just want to be a part of this world."
When you're working with really good actors, it raises your own game and you get better.
A lot of the time, because of the polar bears you're not allowed to go outside the door without your hunting rifle, even if it's to go to the local shop. The polar bears will come from nowhere, and you'll be eaten alive.
I had an outfit that was designed for minus 30 degrees, so I had to work with costume to strap ice packs all over me because I was boiling, even out on the glacier. I was constantly trying to unzip it and take off the hat. I was just sweating. I found it very hot.
Operation Clean Sweep. The goal is to protect the community by bringing these people to justice.
We want to keep it like that. We don't want a tragedy to occur.