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All Quotes by author - Lena Olin

" Acting is a very strange job. "

" By the time the discussion starts about a movie, it's like bringing up an old boyfriend. It's like, 'I don't even remember exactly what he was like, and now we have to talk about it?' "

" Choosing a role is very difficult. There's no way to have a strategy. "

" Everyone is complicated one way or another. But it's interesting to dig into a complicated character, to try to find that within yourself. "

" I always sort of create practical problems so that I don't have to see a film I've just done. I'm too vulnerable, too fragile. People see your work, and there's nothing you can do. You're completely exposed. "

" I consume music the way other people consume movies. "

" I love the camera; there's something very special and sensual about it, and I have a tendency to call it a he, like it was a man. But, unlike a man, a camera is accepting of everything I do. "

" I'm not regimented. I don't diet, and I exercise the way I want to. "

" In Sweden, stardom is looked upon as phony. You walk to the theater every day like everybody else. "

" It's important not to lay in a bubble bath drinking champagne. It's important to take part in what life's all about. "

" It strikes me every time I do an interview that I don't really sit around thinking about my goals and my life and my career. I do what I love doing and I get a lot of feedback. I'm free as a bird, you know? If I do something good, it's, 'Wow, that was brilliant,' and if I do something bad, it just goes away. "

" I use myself for each part. Naturally, it's my body, it's my soul, it's my feelings. That's the only way I know how to work. I couldn't pretend. "

" I was so full of joy, the happiest kid. Things changed. I don't want to talk about it. I needed attention. I was pathologically shy. I'd climb the highest tree or try to ski off the highest mountain. I'd get into fights. I wanted contact. I'd hit somebody, just for that. "

" My favorite thing to do is eat and eat well. "

" There are a lot of things to get seduced by in America. "

" To be a good actor, you have to be very smart. But to be a great actor, you also have to have a streak of, 'I'm an idiot, a complete lunatic.' "

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