Words matter. These are the best Ian McElhinney Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
The thing that surprised me the other day was, and I was quite taken aback when I realized it, I am nearly five-and-a-half years out of ‘Game of Thrones.’ I last filmed on it in the winter of 2013 and it’s kind of becoming, bizarrely, a bit of a distant memory.
Whatever the actor does on stage they have to be happy with it, because they are the ones doing it.
I’ve met people who’ve watched ‘Derry Girls’ in Australia and America and it’s incredible. I think the constant access to it, meaning you can watch it again and again helps.
I was living in Britain and then America, but it wasn’t until I returned to live in Ireland in the late ’70s that I really became aware of Seamus Heaney. I discovered quickly that his poems are very accessible.
On another level I’d unfortunately read the books. I knew Barristan had a different story in the books and I was hoping for a bit more of Barristan alive before he met his comeuppance… well, comeuppance is unfair, he didn’t deserve a comeuppance.
There are certainly many British plays which go down far better with Dublin audiences than they would in Belfast.
Being part of ‘Game of Thrones’ is amazing, really incredible.
It’s weird… I’ve been an actor for a long time and you can walk around more or less anonymously.
There are still times when the person who is challenging you as an actor is also the person who sometimes challenges you as your child.
I would quite like to see stories that are not necessarily to do with the violence, because I think there was quite a lot of normality in our world – but it is never reflected on the screen.
Christopher Gore is a great character, portrayed with wisdom and understanding.
It’s strange to be getting into your dotage and suddenly discovering that you have a fanbase.
But I love the change and the variety directing brings.
Adrenaline, swords – you just get off on it.
For years, I was just Joe Bloggs. There was no excitement until ‘Game of Thrones,’ and then people started recognizing me.
It’s always stressful working on a new piece, but it concentrates the energy.
Going back to when I was younger in this business, you did something that would be screened in various places and this sort of popularity never occurred to you. Now you do these things and there are so many more platforms, there’s many more things being put out on a global basis.
It used to be that if I was stopped in the street at all it would be for Ser Barristan Selmy, but now it’s just as often, if not more often, for my character in ‘Derry Girls,’ I find it extraordinary.
