Maisie Williams quotes:

I look at other people my age in this industry, other famous people my age, and they've just got famous friends. Which is cool, but I love being normal and just chilling at mine.

People are like, 'What's Game of Thrones about?' I'm like, 'It's in the title.' For real, this is a game for the Iron Throne. No matter what character you are, you're sucked into that at some point.

People just get kicks out of making other people sad.

I didn't want to escape my life and become a big actress and live my dreams. That was never the way it was; it was just these amazing opportunities that happened.

In my opinion, nothing changes after you get married. If ain't broke, don't fix it.

You hear horror stories about scary mothers who just want their kids to be famous. I could be waitressing in a restaurant, and my mum would be happy as long as I was happy.

I have a Facebook page for me and my friends and a Twitter page.

When I was in primary school, my best friend was a boy and we always goofed around, climbed trees, got holes in my trousers and muddied all my tops and things like that; a complete nightmare for the washing, but great fun.

I feel people care so much about their appearance - which is important, and I do still care about my appearance, but not that much. There's far more to life than that.

I still study dance, and it's definitely something I want to incorporate in the future. It's always been my first love.

Someone once told me that if you respect a person, listen to their opinion. And if you do not respect someone, then do not listen to their opinion. And that works both ways.

People go down bad paths and they make bad decisions, but it's always justified in their head.

Game of Thrones' focuses on what's real.

Dialogue is something I don't get a lot of on 'Game of Thrones.'

Sleep is my best friend when we're shooting 'Game of Thrones' because there are very long days and intense scenes.

I have this really bad habit of doing things on the Internet and forgetting that the whole world is going to see it.

I've never really done acting before, 'cause dancing was my first love. And then, I sort of fell into it from a talent competition and never really looked back.

A lot of actors and actresses pull from past experiences.

I'm used to being part of 'Game of Thrones' and going into something where you're a small part of something else. You don't want to hold anything up because they've got such a well-oiled machine going.

I've had a fast track to who I want to be. I know all of my friends are struggling to what to pick in college, and I've been given a fast pass to kick start my future.

On my actual 16th birthday, on the actual day, I went home and I had chicken korma and Peshwari naan bread and pilau rice, and that was fantastic.

Basically, me and Ed Sheeran are kind of Twitter friends - well, I say that. He probably just thinks I'm weird.

You know sometimes when you're in a really bad mood and you're not sure why? That's how I get sometimes.

I believe that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, if you don't have a good breakfast, then what are you going to do with the rest of your day. I get scared when I don't have a good breakfast!

Being in South Africa, that messed up my body a little bit. I broke out in spots, and I got really dehydrated, and the water was really different. It was really strange, because you're on the other side of the planet, and you think, 'Oh, water is the same everywhere,' and it is, but it still felt strange.

People ask me, 'Isn't it scary living on your own?' but in this industry, being at events, doing interviews, and doing promotion and constantly chatting about yourself, sometimes it's really nice to just sit in silence or take a day where you can sleep in until 3 P.M. and then stay up as late as you like.

People throw insults at you, and sometimes they hit a nerve - and it's about not showing that, because they will pick on that. Don't feed the trolls!

Not a lot of people have jobs that they're really comfortable with, but I'm one of those people.

I don't have to be making a lot of money or living in a fancy house.

People say, 'Do you ever miss being a normal teenager?'

I can't ever see myself playing the romantic lead because that's not me; I'm not that girl.

No one teaches you how to be a famous person; no one teaches you how to be a role model. It's something you have to do on your own.

When you cross over on fandoms, people don't know what to do with themselves.

If you put music into your Vine, and it's really jumpy, just do it over again.

I follow Elle Fanning's career. I really like to follow actors who are a similar age to me. Just to see what they're up to.

I like 'Glee' a lot. It's kind of like my guilty pleasure.

I'm so excited to be working on Doctor Who as it's such a big and important part of British Culture. I can't wait to meet the cast and crew and start filming, especially as we'll be shooting not too far from my home town

Nobody wants to see a half-finished Vine.

I haven't done Vine in a long time, and when I first started, I just did stuff that I thought was funny.

I guess I'm a bit of a tomboy and can be quite resourceful.

There's some people that obviously abuse social networking or whatever, but I think it's a fantastic idea. I've never had any bad encounters with any of it.

Going out is the typical thing when you turn 18, but it's not really much fun when you have a recognisable face.

The power of Twitter still never ceases to amaze me.

I stress out so much about the red carpet and interviews and pictures, and, you know, not getting my skirt tucked in my knickers.

I just think something about being in front of a live audience when you've finished a big dance that you've been working on for so long - I don't think anything can really beat that.

I watch vlogs on YouTube. I watch Jenna Marbles a lot - I think she's really funny - and a lady called Daily Grace.

If you've got cool nails, you wake up and you're like, 'Oh, I'm happy now.'

Boys can just wear a suit on the red carpet and that's fine, but for girls it's all about the way you look, and there are constant comparisons.

Before I was born, my mom and my dad, they used to rescue dogs, so at one point, they had 13 dogs. And they were all from different litters. It wasn't like they were bred. They were all from different people. And they were all different ages. When I grew up at my dad's house, I think we had seven at one point.

I get a lot of fan mail and stuff, and usually it's for me to sign stuff.

I do ballet and pointe work. I also do tap, commercial jazz and technical jazz, freestyle street dancing.

When I first watched 'Coraline,' I thought, 'If that ever got adapted...' If it was done by real actors, I think that would be a really fun thing to do, just because it's a kind of whole new universe.

This whole segregation between famous people and other people is complete rubbish.

I feel like a lot of people would quite easily stab you in the back once they get what they want. And you see that in people.

No one is born evil; it's just the choices that they make.

I think a lot of people on Twitter say, 'Oh you're really cute. I want to adopt you,' and things like that, yeah.

If I started being braggy, my family would be like, 'Shut up, Maisie! Who cares? Get off the sofa.'

I once had someone say to me in an interview, 'You are more ugly on the screen than in real life.'

I talk to myself quite a lot, and when things get stressful, I just tell myself to breathe.

Whether I like it or not, I've become influential to people.

I'd never want to be trapped. I never like to stay in one place too long. I always flit around, I never settle anywhere. So being married would be being trapped.

I am someone who isn't always perfect.

I struggle to come up to people and say what I think.

I think people think I'm a lot younger than I am because of how I look on screen.

I'm a little bit awkward on Twitter; like, I'm never really sure what to say.

I'm sorry; I ruin people's interviews because I just talk about rubbish.

It's huge in the U.K., if someone's doing well, to put them down. That's what we do all the time. It's kind of like a cultural thing.

It's never black and white on 'Game of Thrones.' If you think it's black and white, you're watching it wrong.

It's not like I've ever been the popular pretty girl at school or anything. I was always such a weirdo.

Not a lot of people have jobs that they're really comfortable with, but I'm one of those people. I feel like I'm the luckiest girl on earth, and that's such a lovely feeling.

People don't always do what they say they're going to do.

People really want to see what I'm up to, and that's crazy. It's a really lovely feeling. It's kind of scary, but a good scary. It's a lovely position to be in.

Sexuality in girls isn't explored as much as it should be. Everyone gets freaked out - it's quite a taboo thing for girls to wanna have sex

Sometimes you miss friends, and it's hard for them, as well, when you're just gone for a long time. I can't just go and see them any time I want because when I'm free, they may not be free, but I definitely wouldn't change it, ever. But, when you find really great friends, that doesn't matter, and I'm lucky to have some people who really, really look after me and look out for me. I definitely wouldn't ever change it.

They're always like, 'That's not what happened in the books, so the show's really bad now.' But really, they just feel insecure because they're used to knowing what's coming next.

When I come home, I'm just Maisie, and everywhere I go, I'm just Maisie!

When I'm dancing, I don't know where the confidence comes from, but I just pretend I'm someone else, I think, and then I go out and dance.

Whether I like it or not, I've become influential to people,

I use Twitter a lot. That's how I communicate with international fans. Everyone's always really, really nice.