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" I don't know if I am a good cook, but I am a dedicated cook. "
Stellan Skarsgard
Am
I Am
Cook
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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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" 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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" 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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" Acting is such a strange, vague profession, but my kids know it's hard labour. "
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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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" 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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" When you have kids, you see what's important. "
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" One of the beauties of 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' is the very delicate and strange relationship between the two main characters. "
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" I like working with Kenneth Branagh. "
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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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" I am indeed a fan of John le Carre's novels. "
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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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" I said yes to 'Nymphomaniac' before it was written. "
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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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" It's not in the tradition: not even the schoolkids have hot lunches in Norway. They bring a couple of sandwiches from home. "
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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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" How many big American films do you see where the heroine has no vanity whatsoever? "
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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. "
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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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" I think I was 13 years old when my father put in my hands 'The Spy Who Came in from the Cold.' It was the first real adult book I ever read, and it opened a new world. "
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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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" We have to know that the bad guys are not different from us in the world. "
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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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