I'm Gretchen Rubin and this is a little happier.

Okay, here I go, I'm gonna make another reference to Game of Thrones.

After that hit HBO TV series ended, I found myself watching a YouTube video called The

Cast Remembers.

In it, various actors reflect on their favorite scene partners.

John Bradley, who played Sam Wiltarly, was asked about his experience.

Bradley is an unusual case because playing Sam was his very first professional acting

job, his very first job ever.

Here he is talking about the nature of friendships and what he says applies to Kit Harrington and

him as actors and also to the characters they play, John Snow and Sam Wiltarly.

And I think it applies to human nature in general.

I think in terms of my favorite scene partner, it had to be Kit.

Kit was the first person I ever had an acting relationship with because it was my first

job.

I think that the friendships that you fall when you are a bit scared and a bit uncertain

and tread in unfamiliar ground, they're the ones that tend to stick because you cling

on to each other for support.

It's a helpful thing to remember when you're working for a tough boss or starting a new

school or having your first baby or moving to a new city or doing anything that feels unfamiliar

and hard.

That this is often the time when we make the closest friendships.

Our times make strong friends.

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