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" Films come and go. Families stay. "
Pilou Asbaek
Go
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Families
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" Trump starts out by saying, 'We need to build walls; we need to do this.' He's very bombastic in what he's saying and his approach to the world. "
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" I think all interesting characters have some kind of a complex. "
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" I was the first person in the family to be an actor. "
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" For me, it's very important that the people I'm working with are feeling happy. "
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" I think six seasons are telling us one thing about 'Game of Thrones': Everyone should watch their back. No one is safe. That's what I love about the show. I love that it's so unpredictable. "
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" That guy in 'The Simpsons' - I love Groundskeeper Willie. "
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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. "
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" Overnight, I became a public figure. "
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Overnight
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" I did half a year of theatre. "
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" In my home country, which is one of the oldest kingdoms in the world, you're born with the title. You don't get elected. I don't know how the king and queen of Denmark would respond if they suddenly had to do a speech, if the people would vote for them. I don't know how that would end up. "
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" I love 'Sex and the City,' but it's also wonderful that there's something else other than 'Sex and the City.' "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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People
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" I have the deepest, deepest respect for these guys who are actually fighting for democracy in countries far away. "
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Far Away
Democracy
Respect
" It's always difficult when you're working with Mother Nature, because you need to adapt to that. "
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You
Mother Nature
" I'm not a religious guy at all. "
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Guy
Religious
" 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. "
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Mind
Dream
Job
" As an actor, you want roles that are full of meat. "
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Meat
Roles
Want
" The leading character isn't always the most important or interesting character; when people think that the protagonist is the character portrayed, it's people who haven't read Shakespeare. "
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Think
People
Interesting
" If it was up to me, we would eliminate close-ups and beautiful light and sound - because we want to go back to basics. "
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Sound
Back
Beautiful
" I started quite late. I didn't know acting was a job. "
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Started
Quite
Late
" As a private person, I am maybe more 'Eurovision' than Kasper Juul. "
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More
Maybe
" I watched 'Eurovision.' And I actually like the show. I like wind machines. I like the whole glimmer-glamour thing. That's 'Eurovision.' We love to hate it. "
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" I never read anything that's written about me. "
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Never
About
" I was so irritated that people in Denmark considered me to be this serious guy who only did dramatic roles. "
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" It was great fun being part of a TV series that I'd been a fan of for five years. I've been watching it every single Monday when with my wife. It was like a ritual - every Monday night on HBO Nordic, we would watch 'Game of Thrones' together. "
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" 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. "
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Believe
Doing
" I do enjoy the Scottish way of playing football. "
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Scottish
" I'm not a natural leader. If you see me in a room, I'm the guy standing in a corner hiding. I'm not an alpha male. "
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You
Standing