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" All male roles are written in a way where you just hide what's going on inside you, and all female roles are written in a way where they expose everything. "
Stellan Skarsgard
You
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Way
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" Norway is a small country, about half the size of Sweden, but it has a very good film climate because they have municipal cinemas, so even in the smallest towns you have a cinema that shows art house films from all over the world. "
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" I wanted to be a man who travelled the world to make peace. I didn't realise that most diplomats are megaphones for their governments. "
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" We have to know that the bad guys are not different from us in the world. "
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" How many big American films do you see where the heroine has no vanity whatsoever? "
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" I never help my kids and I never encourage them and I never give them any advice. "
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" When Lars Von Trier calls me, I say yes without reading the script because often the script hasn't been written yet, and if Fincher called me again, I'd say yes without reading the script, too. "
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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 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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" The Sermon on the Mount is a very nice piece about being good, but most of the Bible is a very revengeful, childish, brutal God. "
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" I'm so full of useless information; I'm the kind of person that collects useless information. I like to know everything! "
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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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" I like working with Kenneth Branagh. "
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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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" Maybe there is something specifically Scandinavian that comes out of the long, dark winters - you have to learn to laugh at misery, in a way. "
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" Some directors are interested in acting, and others are only interested in cranes and moving the camera. "
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" I only did 'Thor' because it was Kenneth Branagh directing, but I enjoyed it much more than I thought I would. "
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" The difference between an experienced director and a new director is not as big as the difference between individual directors, the temperament they have, and the things they're interested in. "
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" I do believe in humanism, and I believe that we should treat each other with respect and care and look after each other. All human beings should have an equal chance to survive in society, and inequality is a big problem in society. "
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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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" I treat everyone as equals. I can't work if I'm not having fun, and I can't have fun if not everyone is happy. "
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" All directors are control freaks and very obsessive. I get the feeling that directors as kids, they all have had a childhood with not too much contact with other kids. They constructed their own reality and they continue to do it. It's a funny breed, directors. "
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" I did a Norwegian film called 'Insomnia' that was remade and that was a good remake by a good director, so I'm honoured. "
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" I don't feel ashamed or humiliated when I am naked, but I definitely feel it when I am playing games. "
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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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" In Europe, the director is the king: it's his vision. It's an auteur tradition. "
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" I go where I think I can enjoy myself. Sometimes it's on a big movie, and sometimes it's even on a silly movie. "
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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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" I can say yes to some directors without even reading a script. But the first-time directors I've worked with, the scripts have not been perfect, but they had something that I liked. "
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" Lars von Trier is a very good storyteller. He's like an H. C. Andersen for adults. "
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