HE STARS IN HBO'S "GAME OF THRONES", IT'S ABOUT TO

PREMIER ITS FIFTH SEASON.

>> YOU NEVER TOLD ME WHY YOU SET ME FREE.

>> YOUR BROTHER ASKED ME TO.

>> YOU COULD HAVE SAID NO.

>> REFUSING THE KINGSLAYER IS A DANGEROUS PROPOSITION.

>> NOT AS DANGEROUS AS RELEASING ME. YOU RISKED YOUR LIFE,

YOUR POSITION, EVERYTHING, WHY? YOU ARE NOT FAMILY.

YOU OWE ME NOTHING.

>> I DIDN'T DO IT FOR YOU.

I DID IT FOR THE SEVEN KINGDOMS.

>> DRUNKEN DWARF WILL NEVER BE THE SAVIOR OF THE SEVEN

KINGDOMS.

>> I DON'T BELIEVE IN SAVIORS, I BELIEVE MEN OF TALENT HAVE A

PART TO PLAY IN THE WAR TO COME.

>> Jon: KILL HIM!

PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO THE PROGRAM, PETER DINKLAGE!

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

>> HOW DID YOU GET THAT STUDENT FILM I DID YEARS AGO?

>> Jon: IT WAS SENT TO US BY SOME ANONYMOUS --

>> THAT WAS MY OWN WARDROBE.

>> Jon: WAS IT REALLY?

>> YEAH.

>> Jon: IT SEEMS VERY COMFORTABLE.

>> Jon: WAS THAT SUEDE?

>> YES. AND CASHMERE.

>> Jon: IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.

>> YEAH.

>> Jon: HERE IS A TRIBUTE TO YOUR CHARACTER.

THERE IS NOT A MOMENT THAT I WANT YOUR CHARACTER TO --

>> TO DIE.

>> Jon: NO LIKE HE IS GOING TO HIT THAT GUY IN THE HEAD WITH

THE BOTTLE.

>> YEAH.

>> Jon: LIKE I JUST ALWAYS THINK THAT YOU HAVE SOMETHING GOING.

>> THAT'S TRUE. LIKE BENNY HILL? LIKE --

>> Jon: NOT HIT HIM IN THE HEAD LIKE -- I MEAN HIT HIM

IN THE HEAD, LIKE YOU LIKE TAKE A SIP OF IT AND LIKE IT TURNS

OUT TO BE LIKE FLAME POISON OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

>> RIGHT.

>> Jon: LIKE DRAGON POISON.

>> YEAH. I WISH.

BECAUSE I DRINK SO MUCH OF THAT.

>> Jon: ON THE SHOW?

>> WINE ON THE SHOW.

>> Jon: YOU KNOW, THE SERIES NOW, IT VEERS A

LITTLE BIT AWAY FROM THE BOOKS NOW, A LITTLE MORE --

>> IN A LOT OF WAYS, YES.

>> Jon: A LOT OF WAYS.

>> IN MANY WAYS, YES. A LOT OF PEOPLE --

>> Jon: I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE FOR INSTANCE, THERE IS NOW A BOY

WIZARD NAMED HARRY IN IT.

WHICH SEEMED A BIT OF A DEPARTURE.

>> YEAH. YEAH.

THE WHOLE SEASON THIS YEAR IS IN A RESTAURANT LIKE

"MY DINNER WITH ANDRE."

>> Jon: JUST YOU TWO SITTING THERE TALKING.

>> JUST THE WHOLE TIME.

>> Jon: DOES, DOES GEORGE, DOES HE EVER LIKE STOP BY AND BE LIKE

NO!

>> HE USED TO.

HE IS BUSY LATELY.

>> Jon: YEAH.

>> HE IS WRITING THOSE BOOKS.

RIGHT?

I MEAN, MY HEART GOES OUT TO GEORGE, BECAUSE BOY OH

BOY --

>> Jon: THAT'S A LOT.

>> THEY'RE JUST, THEY'RE HARD ON HIM, THE FANS.

I MEAN, IT IS LOVELY BECAUSE THEY WANT, THEY WANT THOSE

BOOKS, BUT, HEY, THEY HAVE GOT TO EASE UP.

>> Jon: YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS TOO, I THINK THAT THERE IS AN

INSATIABILITY AND ONCE PEOPLE GET AHOLD OF IT LIKE, THEY DON'T

REALIZE THE PROCESS, LIKE IT TAKES A LONG TIME,

AND A LOT OF ENERGY.

>> YEAH.

>> Jon: TO CREATE THAT AND WEAVE THOSE, AND THEY'RE VERY

COMPLEX AND VERY VIVID AND VERY EXPLICIT.

>> YEAH.

>> Jon: I IMAGINE THAT IS DIFFICULT OR DO YOU THINK DOES

HE HAVE LIKE JUST A TEAM OF LITTLE MINI MARTINS THAT ARE

JUST IN THE BACK ROOM JUST LIKE -- JUST POUNDING AWAY?

>> PROBABLY.

>> Jon: YEAH.

>> DON'T WE ALL HAVE THOSE? YOU HAVE THOSE.

>> Jon: WELL -- >> RIGHT?

>> Jon: WE CALLED THEM INDENTURED SERVANTS.

>> THEY ARE CALLED INTERNS.

>> Jon: THAT'S RIGHT. THEY'RE CALLED --

DO YOU GUYS, DO THEY, I TELL YOU THE --

>> YOU GUYS LAUGH WHEN I SAY INTERNS.

I COULD SAY ANYTHING. IT'S VERY LOVELY. YOU'RE SO SWEET.

>> Jon: TRY IT. TRY A WORD. JUST TRY IT.

>> CATERPILLAR.

>> Jon: COME ON.

YOU WENT RIGHT TO CATERPILLAR? THAT'S A FUNNY WORD!

THAT'S AN EXCELLENT CHOICE!

ARE PEOPLE GONNA, YOU KNOW, I AM ALWAYS CONCERNED WHEN SOMETHING

LIKE THIS HAPPENS THAT TELEVISION JUMPS ON IT AND --

>> WHAT DO WE DO NOW.

>> Jon: CREATES, YES OR CREATES BAD VERSIONS OF

THIS SIMILAR --

>> I THINK THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF BAD VERSIONS BEFORE US.

>> Jon: RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT.

>> YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT IS REALLY HARD TO DO.

IT COSTS MONEY AND TV USED TO NOT BE WHAT IT IS TODAY.

>> Jon: IT'S ALSO HARD I THINK TO KEEP IT FROM BECOMING

PARODY. I THINK THAT'S THE MOST DIFFICULT THING.

>> WE OFTEN MAKE IT PARODY ON SET.

>> Jon: THE CHRISTMAS PARTY I AM SURE GETS VERY --

>> OH, IT IS SUCH A FINE LINE.

IT IS SUCH A FINE LINE.

>> Jon: YES. BUT TO PULL THAT IS NOT EASY.

>> NO.

AND WE'RE, I MEAN, ESPECIALLY WORKING WITH CONLETH HILL,

WHO PLAYS VARYS, THE SPIDER, THE BALD MAN IN THAT SCENE.

>> Jon: HE GETS A LITTLE, HE GET INTO IT. YOU KNOW WHO ELSE?

>> NO, I MEAN, HE'S IT IS SO MUCH FUN.

>> Jon: HOW'S MOUNTAIN? HOW'S THE, HE --

>> THAT MAN, WE WERE HAVING DINNER, I GOT TO EAT DINNER WITH

HIM ONE NIGHT IN CROATIA AND HE ORDERED SEVEN CHICKENS.

HE ATE SEVEN CHICKENS.

LIKE WHOLE CHICKENS, LIKE ROAST CHICKENS.

>> Jon: OH, SO THEY WERE COOKED?

>> YEAH.

>> Jon: THAT'S --

>> YEAH.

>> Jon: BUT HE, LIKE YOU READ ABOUT --

>> JUST AN AMAZING LOVELY GUY.

GIANT, HUGE.

>> Jon: HUGE. AND I READ --

>> YEAH. HE LIFTS STONES.

>> Jon: RIGHT.

>> HE BROKE -- THIS IS TRUE.

HE BROKE A 1,400-YEAR-OLD STRENGTH RECORD.

>> YEAH.

>> Jon: BY LIFTING -- I THINK HE PUT IT ON HIS SHOULDER, A

30-FOOT TREE TRUNK.

>> YEAH.

>> Jon: AND LIKE CARRYING IT TO A 7-11.

>> TO HIS GIRLFRIEND.

>> Jon: I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE END WAS.

>> YEAH. YEAH.

>> Jon: DOES HE JUST PICK THINGS UP LIKE A FLINTSTONE

CHARACTER? ON THE SET?

>> I THINK YOU'VE GOT TO PAY HIM.

I THINK IT IS SORT OF, YOU KNOW --

>> Jon: A LITTLE BIT OF A PARTY FAVOR TYPE THING.

>> A LITTLE BIT. HE IS PROBABLY SICK OF DOING IT

FOR HIS FRIENDS.

>> Jon: I LIKE THAT. I LIKE THAT.

AND WHEN'S, THERE IS GOING TO BE MORE, RIGHT? SEASON SIX AND

THE WHOLE THING? OR IT DEPENDS ON WHEN --

>> I DON'T KNOW WHEN I DIE OR IF I DIE.

A WOMAN THE OTHER DAY SAID TO ME, I WAS SORT OF HADN'T

HAD MY MORNING COFFEE YET.

>> Jon: YEAH.

>> AND SHE SAID I HOPE YOU DON'T DIE.

AND I DIDN'T PUT IT TOGETHER BECAUSE I WAS TIRED AND I'M A

WRECK BEFORE MY COFFEE AND IT WAS SO WEIRD AND

IT TOOK ME A SECOND AND IT WAS SO TERRIFYING.

>> Jon: THAT IS -- WERE YOU JUST AT A RESTAURANT?

YOU WERE JUST AT --

>> I WAS WALKING ON THE NEW YORK CITY STREETS AND SHE SAID IT TO

ME IN PASSING.

I HOPE YOU DON'T DIE.

I HOPE I DON'T EITHER. DO YOU KNOW SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW?

>> Jon: I WOULD LOVE THAT IF THAT IS JUST SOMETHING SHE DOES

IN THE STREETS OF NEW YORK.

>> YEAH.

>> Jon: JUST WALKS PAST PEOPLE AND GOES, I HOPE YOU DON'T DIE!

>> BUT THE THING IS SHE IS ALWAYS RIGHT BECAUSE WE ALL DO.

>> Jon: SHE IS LIKE THAT FILM "THE RING."

>> RIGHT.

>> WHEN SHE SAYS IT TO YOU LIKE SEVEN DAYS LATER YOU'RE

LIKE I DON'T FEEL WELL.

NEW SEASON, "GAME OF THRONES", PREMIERS THIS SUNDAY AT 9:00,

HBO, THE GREAT PETER DINKLAGE.