10. His First Foray Into Show Business Was As A Puppeteer
Dinklage always had the performing bug; even as a young kid growing up in New Jersey, he used to put on neighborhood puppet shows alongside his brother. We basically did little puppet musicals with the loudest songs we could find," Dinklage recalled. "We did a puppet version of Quadrophenia, the Who album. We made drum kits out of tuna fish cans."
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