Game of Thrones (TV Series)

Hardhome (2015)

Peter Dinklage: Tyrion Lannister

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• Tyrion Lannister : When I was a young man I heard a story about a baby born during the worst storm in living memory. She had no wealth, no lands, no army, only a name and a handful of supporters, most of whom probably thought they could use that name to benefit themselves. They kept her alive, moving her from place to place, often hours ahead of the men who had been sent to kill her. She was eventually sold off to some warlord on the edge of the world and that appeared to be that. And then a few years later the most well informed person I knew told me that this girl without wealth, lands, or armies had somehow acquired all three in a very short span of time, along with three dragons. He thought she was our best, last chance to build a better world. I thought you were worth meeting at the very least.

• Daenerys Targaryen : So I should welcome you into my service because you murdered members of your own family?

  Tyrion Lannister : Into your service? Your Grace, we have only just met. It's too soon to know if you deserve my service.

• Tyrion Lannister : [to Daenerys]  Someday, if you decide not to execute me, I'll tell you all about why I killed my father. And on that day, should it ever come, we'll need more wine than this.

• Tyrion Lannister : House Targaryen is gone. Not a single person who shares your blood is alive to support you! The Starks are gone, as well; our two terrible fathers saw to that. The remaining members of House Lannister will never back you, not ever. Stannis Baratheon won't back you, either; his entire claim to the throne rests on the illegitimacy of yours! That leaves the Tyrells: not impossible, not enough.

  Daenerys Targaryen : Lannister, Targaryen, Baratheon, Stark, Tyrell: they're all just spokes on a wheel. This one's on top, then that one's on top, and on and on it spins, crushing those on the ground.

  Tyrion Lannister : It's a beautiful dream, stopping the wheel. You're not the first person who's ever dreamt it.

  Daenerys Targaryen : I'm not going to stop the wheel, I'm going to break the wheel.

• Daenerys Targaryen : How do I know you are who you say you are?

  Tyrion Lannister : If only I were otherwise.

• Tyrion Lannister : So here we sit. Two terrible children of two terrible fathers.

  Daenerys Targaryen : I'm terrible?

  Tyrion Lannister : I've heard stories.

  Daenerys Targaryen : Why did you travel to the far side of the world to meet someone terrible?

  Tyrion Lannister : To see if you were the right kind of terrible.

  Daenerys Targaryen : Which kind is that?

  Tyrion Lannister : The kind that prevents your people from being even more so.

  Daenerys Targaryen : Well, I did re-open the Fighting Pits. Under my rule, murder will once again become entertainment.

  Tyrion Lannister : Yes, that was wise. And you agreed to marry someone you loathe for the greater good. Very impressive. My own sister married someone she loathed as well. Though not by choice, and certainly not for the greater good, Gods forbid. She ended up having him killed.

  Daenerys Targaryen : Perhaps it won't come to that.

• Tyrion Lannister : Killing and politics aren't always the same thing! When I served as Hand of the King, I did quite well with the latter, considering the King in question preferred torturing animals to leading his people. I could do an even better job advising a ruler worth the name, if that is indeed what you are.