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" As an actor, you want roles that are full of meat. "

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" With 'A Hijacking' I didn't talk to anyone who had been hijacked, but with 'A War,' I talked to as many soldiers as possible trying to understand how is it in Afghanistan. "

" I think a role model is a person who says, 'This is who I am.' "

" I'm the worst liar alive. "

" I was so irritated that people in Denmark considered me to be this serious guy who only did dramatic roles. "

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" I never read anything that's written about me. "

" One of the things I've learned from 'Borgen' is that it's very easy to criticise people; 'I hate this politician, I hate what they do.' You are doing this right now with Margaret Thatcher, but sometimes it's hard to be a politician. I'm not defending Margaret Thatcher, but we believe our statesmen are also human beings. "

" The American president isn't just the American president. He's going to be the leader of the whole Western world, you know? You got a pretty big responsibility. "

" I have no ambitions at all! I have none... seriously. I want to be a good father. I want to be a good husband. I want to be a good son, a good brother, a good family member. I don't have any ambition to direct a film or write a play. I like acting. "

" As a private person, I am maybe more 'Eurovision' than Kasper Juul. "

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" That guy in 'The Simpsons' - I love Groundskeeper Willie. "

" Life is not black and white; there is some gray nuance to it. "

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" I love my kid. I love a boring life. "

" I'm not a religious guy at all. "

" Overnight, I became a public figure. "

" When you watch the films that I'm inspired by - from the '60s and '70s - it's not about the special effects: it's about the story; it's about characters and relationships. "

" If it was up to me, we would eliminate close-ups and beautiful light and sound - because we want to go back to basics. "

" I'm an actor. 99.9% of all actors in the world have been in denial towards the military. "

" It's always difficult when you're working with Mother Nature, because you need to adapt to that. "

" Whenever you do a film, it's always like a little miracle. So many people getting together trying to do something so that the audience can be entertained. "

" In 'A Hijacking,' the characters are low-status people. "

" I used to read reviews - I read a lot of the reviews when I did 'Borgen,' but the thing is, people were so harsh that I talked to my wife about it, and I said this is too tough - the people are too personal and too idiotic to understand it, in my mind. "

" For me, it's very important that the people I'm working with are feeling happy. "

" In my mind, I still think - and wish - that I'm going to be a journalist or a writer. That's been my dream job my entire life. "

" I did a film called 'Worlds Apart' about a Jehovah's Witness. I was the love interest - the male lead - but the story was about the female lead, a young girl who is a part of this cult, and she wants to break out. She meets a guy who has to help her. She has to find out who she is. It's more like a coming of age story. "

" I started quite late. I didn't know acting was a job. "

" Films come and go. Families stay. "