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" I only did 'Thor' because it was Kenneth Branagh directing, but I enjoyed it much more than I thought I would. "
Stellan Skarsgard
Because
Thought
Only
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" I know how to cut meat, yeah. I know how to cook, basically. "
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" Shooting should not be about delivering something I've prepared; it should be a live process of finding things out. When things happen that you haven't planned, that's when the film comes alive. "
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" I think Dan Brown is a terribly bad writer, but he has cliff-hangers after every chapter which makes you continue reading. "
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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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" 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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You
Inside
Way
" I never help my kids and I never encourage them and I never give them any advice. "
Stellan Skarsgard
Never
Kids
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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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Cool
Enjoy
Know
" 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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Cinema
Good
Small
" Some actors are what I call more like mirror actors, which means that they do a performance at home in front of the mirror, and then they go deliver it. I'm not that type. "
Stellan Skarsgard
Performance
Go
Home
" 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. "
Stellan Skarsgard
Director
Time
First
" 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. "
Stellan Skarsgard
Way
Bad
Good
" I am indeed a fan of John le Carre's novels. "
Stellan Skarsgard
Novels
John
Indeed
" There is no overacting, only untrue acting. "
Stellan Skarsgard
Only
Acting
Untrue
" 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. "
Stellan Skarsgard
You
Learn
Laugh
" It takes a long time to make me beautiful, but it goes fast to make me ugly. "
Stellan Skarsgard
Ugly
Long
Fast
" When we did 'Breaking the Waves,' he had a sign on the wall that said, 'Make mistakes.' "
Stellan Skarsgard
Mistakes
Breaking
Wall
" 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. "
Stellan Skarsgard
You
Film
Hard
" 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. "
Stellan Skarsgard
School
Play
Reach
" I said yes to 'Nymphomaniac' before it was written. "
Stellan Skarsgard
Written
Said
Before
" I did a Norwegian film called 'Insomnia' that was remade and that was a good remake by a good director, so I'm honoured. "
Stellan Skarsgard
Did
Film
Good
" There was a Russian director named Elem Klimov, who did his films during the communist days. They were constantly struggling with the authorities and to be allowed to express themselves. But he did one of the best war movies I've ever seen - it's called 'Come and See.' "
Stellan Skarsgard
Best
Director
Movies
" Some directors are interested in acting, and others are only interested in cranes and moving the camera. "
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Moving
Camera
Acting
" My father used to stress that he valued us all as individuals, but that no one in the world was worth more or less than anyone else. This was a good principle to establish in a large family. "
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Father
Family
Stress
" Lars von Trier is a very good storyteller. He's like an H. C. Andersen for adults. "
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Good
Like
Storyteller
" 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. "
Stellan Skarsgard
Power
Myself
Leader
" It's fun to play characters with a past, but it's also fun to play any role that is what I would call a 'pressure cooker' kind of character, where the lid is on, and it's left to simmer throughout the movie. "
Stellan Skarsgard
Past
Fun
Play
" 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. "
Stellan Skarsgard
Been
Police
Lot
" Even if you're the President of the United States, you still act like a little child and think like a little child sometimes. Childish behavior is what I look for in all of my characters because that is what makes them human. "
Stellan Skarsgard
Child
You
Human
" I'm so full of useless information; I'm the kind of person that collects useless information. I like to know everything! "
Stellan Skarsgard
Person
Information
Kind
" When you have kids, you see what's important. "
Stellan Skarsgard
You
See
Kids