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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. "
Stellan Skarsgard
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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. "
Stellan Skarsgard
Complaining
Son
Child
" 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. "
Stellan Skarsgard
Life
You
Choice
" 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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Finding
You
Process
" Most of my acting in general is about what's going on in the head, and the lines are just something that comes out. "
Stellan Skarsgard
Most
Lines
Going
" When you have kids, you see what's important. "
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You
See
Kids
" 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. "
Stellan Skarsgard
Made
Morality
Always
" 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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Who
Way
" I like working with Kenneth Branagh. "
Stellan Skarsgard
Like
Kenneth
Working
" I said yes to 'Nymphomaniac' before it was written. "
Stellan Skarsgard
Written
Said
Before
" 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. "
Stellan Skarsgard
World
Peace
Who
" I don't know if I am a good cook, but I am a dedicated cook. "
Stellan Skarsgard
Am
I Am
Cook
" 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. "
Stellan Skarsgard
You
Words
Society
" My performance is totally dependent on what the other actors are doing. "
Stellan Skarsgard
Doing
Performance
Other
" 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. "
Stellan Skarsgard
Casting
Film
Greatest
" 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
" In Europe, the director is the king: it's his vision. It's an auteur tradition. "
Stellan Skarsgard
King
His
Director
" 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. "
Stellan Skarsgard
Without
Yes
Say
" 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 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
" I reflect over my actions; I don't dwell on them. "
Stellan Skarsgard
Reflect
Dwell
Actions
" 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. "
Stellan Skarsgard
Society
You
People
" 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. "
Stellan Skarsgard
Temperament
Difference
New
" 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. "
Stellan Skarsgard
Need
Good
Director
" Very often, it's the director that I'm attracted to. If it's a really good director, I don't even have to read the script to say yes. "
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Good Director
Yes
Director
" Norwegian kids, they grow up well educated in film. So they have a lot of good directors there. "
Stellan Skarsgard
Educated
Grow
Film
" I don't feel ashamed or humiliated when I am naked, but I definitely feel it when I am playing games. "
Stellan Skarsgard
Feel
Playing Games
Naked
" People don't want to read subtitles. "
Stellan Skarsgard
People
Want
Subtitles
" I wanted to get the opportunity to do what actresses do: play the inside of a person. "
Stellan Skarsgard
Person
Opportunity
Inside
" 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
" 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. "
Stellan Skarsgard
Cinema
Good
Small