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" In Europe, the director is the king: it's his vision. It's an auteur tradition. "
Stellan Skarsgard
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" I'm not always happy when Hollywood does remakes of films, but that's usually when they have a very, very, very good film, and they take away anything controversial from it and make flatter. "
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" I said yes to 'Nymphomaniac' before it was written. "
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" 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. "
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" All directors are control freaks and very obsessive. I get the feeling that directors as kids, they all have had a childhood with not too much contact with other kids. They constructed their own reality and they continue to do it. It's a funny breed, directors. "
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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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" With Fincher, you can take chances and try things. And what happens is that any pretension and preparation you've done, all the square, intellectual work, you can't keep that up for 40 takes. It breaks down, and new things start popping up. This, for me, is the most exciting thing about film-making. "
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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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" Acting is such a strange, vague profession, but my kids know it's hard labour. "
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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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" I do believe in humanism, and I believe that we should treat each other with respect and care and look after each other. All human beings should have an equal chance to survive in society, and inequality is a big problem in society. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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