AdvertisementPeter Dinklage: On 'Thrones,' And On His Own TermsMay 21, 2012facebookEmailPeter Dinklage plays Tyrion Lannister on Game of Thrones, a role that he tells NPR he talked over with his grandmother. "She misunderstood me and she thought I said, 'interior banisters,' and she was quite confused by that, so it got off to sort of a clunky start." Dinklage has since won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for his performance. (HBO)