Austin Grossman Quotes

You don't want to be innocent in the world of 'Game of Thrones.'

Politics—where they pat you on the back so they'll know where to stick the knife.

'Game of Thrones' is fundamentally based on a Machiavellian, almost Jacobean, idea of power and intrigue.

I think six seasons are telling us one thing about 'Game of Thrones': Everyone should watch their back. No one is safe. That's what I love about the show. I love that it's so unpredictable.

Washington's a dangerous place.

'The Ides of March' was a fairly cynical film.

In human relationships, kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths.

Watching 'Scandal' is a fun and exciting guilty pleasure, which is how I imagine most real scandals start out.

Sorry dude, but we're in a boxing match and you went against your word and tried to make me look weak and stupid in front of 17 million people. That's just not gonna happen.

There's an old joke that politics is Hollywood for ugly people. An awful lot of the press coverage about Washington reads like coverage of Hollywood. Madonna is having some spat with Sean Penn. Who cares? And who cares which politician is mad at that politician?

One of the trickiest things about 'Game of Thrones' is just seeding those first couple of episodes with that basic information that people need to know, both about the world and the ground rules of the world, and the relationships between the characters, as far as who means what to whom and why.

You, too, Brutus my son! Et tu, Brute fili.

He who believes that new benefits make great men forget old injuries deceives himself.

Only betrayal can counter betrayal.

As to you, sir, treacherous in private friendship and … a hypocrite in public life, the world will be puzzled to decide whether you are an apostate or an imposter, whether you have abandoned good principles, or whether you ever had any.

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I loved the movie 'Dangerous Liasons' with John Malkovich.

One thing 'Game of Thrones' has taught us all is to guard against too much emotional investment.

'Scandal' is great because it's intriguing and sexy, and it has a lot of play with secondary characters in situations, lots of drama.

The genius of 'Game of Thrones' is that in this rich imagining of a world redolent of the medieval, the rules of a Middle Ages morality play have been so thoroughly discarded.

What's so strong about 'Game of Thrones' is that it's a character and political drama, with a sort of fantasy backdrop.

'Game of Thrones,' people say that it's a fantasy series, but it's a hell of a lot more than that. It attracts the so-called geeks and nerds, and God bless them, they're wonderful for getting right into the show. But primarily it's about family; it's power and betrayal and jealousy. It's all those wonderful things that a fantastic drama is about.

I wish I'd played Coriolanus.

I knew 'Rakta Charitra' would be a story between two men, Suriya and Vivek Oberoi. I had no problem when Ram Gopal Varma told me that I had only a small role as Suriya's wife who is supportive of his decisions.

I've been so obsessed with 'Game of Thrones,' and there's so much about nobility and duty that I think about a lot.