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" I never help my kids and I never encourage them and I never give them any advice. "
Stellan Skarsgard
Never
Kids
Help
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" People don't want to read subtitles. "
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" I've been offered a lot of police series, but I'm very good at staying away from them. They're usually based on such a boring formula. "
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" I'm in Stockholm in my office. I just got here after seeing my eighth child on an ultrasound, so I'm in a good mood. It's beautiful: an energetic little skeleton. "
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" When Lars Von Trier calls me, I say yes without reading the script because often the script hasn't been written yet, and if Fincher called me again, I'd say yes without reading the script, too. "
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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 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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" Norwegian kids, they grow up well educated in film. So they have a lot of good directors there. "
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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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" 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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" When we did 'Breaking the Waves,' he had a sign on the wall that said, 'Make mistakes.' "
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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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" You always have to figure out what the director is good at before you work with them; then you can fill in if need be. "
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" I've made six films for Disney, and they have a clause in their contracts called the morality clause that I've always refused to sign. "
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" I reflect over my actions; I don't dwell on them. "
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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 don't feel ashamed or humiliated when I am naked, but I definitely feel it when I am playing games. "
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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 played a heap of snow in a school play. I was under a sheet, and crawled out when spring came. I often say I'll never reach the same artistic level again. "
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" Some directors are interested in acting, and others are only interested in cranes and moving the camera. "
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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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" 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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" There is no overacting, only untrue acting. "
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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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" 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 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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" 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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" In Europe, the director is the king: it's his vision. It's an auteur tradition. "
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" Most of my acting in general is about what's going on in the head, and the lines are just something that comes out. "
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