--- --- # Watch Peter Dinklage Explain Life on the _Game of Thrones_ Set  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 24, 2017 5:03 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 24, 2017 5:03 PM UTC [_Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/4429346/game-of-thrones-season-7-cast-news/)may be one of the largest and most expensive television productions ever, but according to [Peter Dinklage](http://time.com/4499327/game-of-thrones-cast-2016-emmys/) — who plays [Tyrion Lannister](http://time.com/4393614/game-of-thrones-tyrian-lannister-supercut/) — starring in the HBO drama is no different than making an indie movie. During a recent interview with [_Vulture_](http://www.vulture.com/2017/01/peter-dinklage-game-of-thrones-re-memory.html)to promote his new Sundance film _Rememory_, the 47-year-old actor explained why switching between the two mediums hasn’t thrown him for a loop. “At the end of the day, they’re very similar. They really are when you’re on a set,” he said. “I mean the world that surrounds it, the social-ness that surrounds a show like _Game of Thrones_ is obviously much larger and all of that. But on set, you’re dealing with the same issues you do on an indie movie.” He did however have one quip about how an indie movie compares. “The salary’s a little different,” he said, smiling. Watch the full clip below. Peter Dinklage: Game of Thrones Is Like an Indie Movie ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4645092/peter-dinklage-game-of-thrones-indie-movie/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4645092/peter-dinklage-game-of-thrones-indie-movie/"},"headline":"Watch Peter Dinklage Explain Life on the Game of Thrones Set","datePublished":"2017-01-24T17:03:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:40:24.290Z","description":"\"At the end of the day, they're very similar\"","url":"https://time.com/4645092/peter-dinklage-game-of-thrones-indie-movie/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","game of thrones","movies","TV","peter dinklage"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4645092/peter-dinklage-game-of-thrones-indie-movie/","name":"Watch Peter Dinklage Explain Life on the Game of Thrones Set"}}]}] ```