--- title: Peter Dinklage Says Game of Thrones Ending at Perfect Time description: Peter Dinklage, otherwise known as Tyrion Lannister, says that he thinks that 'Game of Thrones' is ending at a "perfect time." canonical: https://time.com/5112778/peter-dinklage-on-game-of-thrones-last-season/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-22T18:21:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:49:55.967Z og:title: Tyrion Lannister Talks About Letting Game of Thrones Go og:description: "It’s bittersweet when it’s time to move on with everything" og:url: https://time.com/5112778/peter-dinklage-on-game-of-thrones-last-season/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdc3513cc75c55531/6988d8a597cdff77126b1e6c/game-of-thrones-spoils-of-war-tyrion-lannister-09.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: game-of-thrones-spoils-of-war-tyrion-lannister-09 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Tyrion Lannister Talks About Letting Game of Thrones Go twitter:description: "It’s bittersweet when it’s time to move on with everything" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdc3513cc75c55531/6988d8a597cdff77126b1e6c/game-of-thrones-spoils-of-war-tyrion-lannister-09.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Tyrion Lannister Talking About the End of _Game of Thrones_ Will Break Your Heart > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-brief-2026q3/newsletters?i=5e4477a8-4a18-49b4-92b5-c8c56d7d99aa&cr=time-nl-brief-2026q3-v1)  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 22, 2018 6:21 PM UTC  Macall B. Polay—HBO  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 22, 2018 6:21 PM UTC The final season of [_Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/game-of-thrones-2017/)already has fans of the series in their [feelings about its imminent end](http://time.com/4913247/game-of-thrones-season-8-premiere-date/) but it appears that it’s not just viewers who will miss dispatches from Westeros. In an interview with [_Variety_](http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/game-of-thrones-final-season-peter-dinklage-1202671263/), Peter Dinklage, otherwise known to the world as Tyrion Lannister, shared that while he thinks that the show’s end is coming at the “perfect time,” it’s still difficult for even him to say goodbye to the [beloved HBO series](http://time.com/4868172/confederate-hbo-game-of-thrones-slavery/). “It’s the perfect time to end it,” he said. “Sometimes shows stay on a little too long, the jumping-the-shark thing. It’s bittersweet when it’s time to move on with everything. It’s always the sad part of our business, because you get pockets of great people for short amounts of time and then you have to move on and it’s always heartbreaking. Especially when you’ve spent more than a couple months with people.” For Dinklage, however, the long wait that was much bemoaned by _Game of Thrones_ fans after HBO announced that the final season would be arriving in 2019, is a boon. “It’s the final season, and it’s a long one so we’re taking our time,” he said. 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