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" Acting is such a strange, vague profession, but my kids know it's hard labour. "
Stellan Skarsgard
Kids
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" I love having 30 shots of every scene. "
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" Shooting should not be about delivering something I've prepared; it should be a live process of finding things out. When things happen that you haven't planned, that's when the film comes alive. "
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" My performance is totally dependent on what the other actors are doing. "
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" Very often, it's the director that I'm attracted to. If it's a really good director, I don't even have to read the script to say yes. "
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" Even if you're the President of the United States, you still act like a little child and think like a little child sometimes. Childish behavior is what I look for in all of my characters because that is what makes them human. "
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" Of course, working with Halle Berry is fantastic. Every day, you're looking at a performance that you would be prepared to pay to watch. She's truly great and truthful, and it's a joy. "
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" When you have kids, you see what's important. "
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" It takes a long time to make me beautiful, but it goes fast to make me ugly. "
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" We were working under very harsh conditions on 'Zero Kelvin.' We were up there in the Arctic, closer to the North Pole than to a hospital. Sometimes you had to sleep in small Arctic tents with guns to protect yourself from polar bears and stuff. "
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" Even with limited success as an actor, you usually have a more interesting life than in many other professions, so it's not an unreasonable choice. "
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" I played a heap of snow in a school play. I was under a sheet, and crawled out when spring came. I often say I'll never reach the same artistic level again. "
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" It's fun to play characters with a past, but it's also fun to play any role that is what I would call a 'pressure cooker' kind of character, where the lid is on, and it's left to simmer throughout the movie. "
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" Even the most despicable person is still a human being. "
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" I started acting as an amateur when I was a kid, but I wanted to become a diplomat. It was self-centered and weird, but I had this idea of going out in the world and solving conflicts and making the world a better place. But I kept on acting, and eventually, I just dropped out of school and continued acting. "
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" There was a Russian director named Elem Klimov, who did his films during the communist days. They were constantly struggling with the authorities and to be allowed to express themselves. But he did one of the best war movies I've ever seen - it's called 'Come and See.' "
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" I've been offered a lot of police series, but I'm very good at staying away from them. They're usually based on such a boring formula. "
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" I reflect over my actions; I don't dwell on them. "
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" Some actors are what I call more like mirror actors, which means that they do a performance at home in front of the mirror, and then they go deliver it. I'm not that type. "
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" I grew up in a family where you were allowed to say anything; you were allowed to show weakness... I have no problems talking about anything, basically. But at the same time, I know I'm different than a woman. "
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