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" I love people who go out and say, 'If cinema is God, then I'm the pope.' As an actor working with these kinds of people, the older you get, the more you appreciate it. "
Pilou Asbaek
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" I want to direct in Denmark. I married a writer; my best friend's a writer, so I always wanted to be a writer. "
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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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. "
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Age
Girl
" I'm not a religious guy at all. "
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" I don't know - the whole leading man, I don't buy it. "
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" I think all interesting characters have some kind of a complex. "
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" I'm not in a position where I can pick and choose. It's the other way around. The studios pick and choose. "
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" I want to keep pushing those boundaries of acting. "
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Acting
" I'm not cynical. I cry at 'ET.' And 'Kung Fu Panda!' "
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Kung
Cynical
" 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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World
Saying
" I love my kid. I love a boring life. "
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Boring
Life
" 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
" 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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Soldiers
War
Understand
" 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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Love
Something
Wonderful
" 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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Watch
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Love
" Honestly, I think it's kind of corny to sit and watch your own work. "
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Watch
" 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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People
Vote
Home
" I'm a father first. "
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Father
First
" I do enjoy the Scottish way of playing football. "
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Playing
Scottish
" As an actor, you want roles that are full of meat. "
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Meat
Roles
Want
" As a private person, I am maybe more 'Eurovision' than Kasper Juul. "
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" I think a role model is a person who says, 'This is who I am.' "
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" For me, it's very important that the people I'm working with are feeling happy. "
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Happy
People
Feeling
" Guess what? Human beings are complex. "
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Human Beings
Guess
Human
" 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. "
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American
Responsibility
" It's always difficult when you're working with Mother Nature, because you need to adapt to that. "
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You
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" 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 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. "
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Family
Brother