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" I was so irritated that people in Denmark considered me to be this serious guy who only did dramatic roles. "
Pilou Asbaek
People
Dramatic
Guy
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" Films come and go. Families stay. "
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" I did some theatre straight out of school, and it wasn't anything spectacular at all. "
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" I don't know - the whole leading man, I don't buy it. "
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" I did half a year of theatre. "
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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 think if you just made a film that says, 'This is anti-war,' and you had to spend two hours explaining that... you don't like war? Wow, that's original. Know what I mean? "
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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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" As a private person, I am maybe more 'Eurovision' than Kasper Juul. "
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" In 'A Hijacking,' the characters are low-status people. "
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" I have the deepest, deepest respect for these guys who are actually fighting for democracy in countries far away. "
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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. "
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" I never read anything that's written about me. "
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Never
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" Whenever you do a film, it's always like a little miracle. So many people getting together trying to do something so that the audience can be entertained. "
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You
Together
" 'Eurovision' is a party. I've never said no to a party, so I'm not saying no to this. "
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Never
Party
" I'm an actor. 99.9% of all actors in the world have been in denial towards the military. "
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Denial
Been
" 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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Sound
Back
Beautiful
" The leading character isn't always the most important or interesting character; when people think that the protagonist is the character portrayed, it's people who haven't read Shakespeare. "
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" I love my kid. I love a boring life. "
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I Love
Boring
Life
" It's always difficult when you're working with Mother Nature, because you need to adapt to that. "
Pilou Asbaek
Need
You
Mother Nature
" I think a role model is a person who says, 'This is who I am.' "
Pilou Asbaek
Person
I Am
Role
" Overnight, I became a public figure. "
Pilou Asbaek
Public Figure
Overnight
Public
" 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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Wonderful
" 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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" When you watch the films that I'm inspired by - from the '60s and '70s - it's not about the special effects: it's about the story; it's about characters and relationships. "
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You
" The most exciting thing about joining 'Game Of Thrones' is joining 'Game Of Thrones.' "
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" I think all interesting characters have some kind of a complex. "
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Kind
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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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" I like to do my own stunts, but sometimes you need a little bit of help. "
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My Own
" 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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