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" I am indeed a fan of John le Carre's novels. "
Stellan Skarsgard
Novels
John
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" I was the eldest of five children, and although I never saw myself as any kind of leader, as the eldest, like it or not, you have some power inherent in that position. "
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" I really enjoy being part of the Marvel Universe. It's a cool bunch of people to work with, and they know what they're doing. "
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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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" 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 love having 30 shots of every scene. "
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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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" 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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" The distribution systems and the cinemas have adopted to the blockbusters, and they now get their main income from selling popcorn, and if you don't make a film that sells popcorn, it's very hard to get it out there. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" Kenneth Branagh is one of the funniest directors on the set. You laugh a lot. He's very skillful. "
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" How many big American films do you see where the heroine has no vanity whatsoever? "
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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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" Rupert Murdoch is in bed with Cameron. Of course they want to kill the BBC... anybody who is in the way. "
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" The way I look at humanity, I don't think there's good guys or bad guys. We're all potentially bad and potentially good. "
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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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" I said yes to 'Nymphomaniac' before it was written. "
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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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" My performance is totally dependent on what the other actors are doing. "
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" The only respect you should have is the one you earn. "
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" Casting a film, you can have the greatest actors in a film and it doesn't work. It's a combination of all of the elements. "
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" People don't want to read subtitles. "
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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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" The biggest enemy of any actor is fear. "
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" From my second son Gustav, I bought one of his complaints for 200 kroner. He was complaining that he was a middle child - he wasn't the beloved first child, and he wasn't the cute little youngest child. So I said, can I use that same wording in a film? And he said yeah. So I bought it from him. "
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" The first time I did a big American film, I was surprised by all the different financiers who came to the set and told the director what to do. "
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" Any society that starts forbidding certain words or expressions is a society you should be wary about, whether it's the KGB or social consensus that enforces it. "
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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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" It's good to pay high taxes - you have free schools, free universities. It's a much more decent society than those where everybody pays their own way, and some people don't get anything. "
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