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" Life is not black and white; there is some gray nuance to it. "
Pilou Asbaek
Black
White
Black And White
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" I'm an actor. 99.9% of all actors in the world have been in denial towards the military. "
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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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" On 'Ghost In The Shell,' I'm looking forward more to working with Scarlett Johannson and Rupert Sanders than portraying a lead! "
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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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" 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 want to keep pushing those boundaries of acting. "
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Pushing
Want
Acting
" I used to read reviews - I read a lot of the reviews when I did 'Borgen,' but the thing is, people were so harsh that I talked to my wife about it, and I said this is too tough - the people are too personal and too idiotic to understand it, in my mind. "
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People
Understand
" I never read anything that's written about me. "
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Me
Never
About
" I want to direct in Denmark. I married a writer; my best friend's a writer, so I always wanted to be a writer. "
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Friend
Writer
Want
" 'Eurovision' is a party. I've never said no to a party, so I'm not saying no to this. "
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Said
Never
Party
" I'm the worst liar alive. "
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Alive
Worst
Liar
" 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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Love
Age
Girl
" I don't know - the whole leading man, I don't buy it. "
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Buy
Whole
Man
" As an actor, you want roles that are full of meat. "
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Meat
Roles
Want
" For me, it's very important that the people I'm working with are feeling happy. "
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Happy
People
Feeling
" 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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People
Vote
Home
" I'm not a natural leader. If you see me in a room, I'm the guy standing in a corner hiding. I'm not an alpha male. "
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Natural
You
Standing
" 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
" I think a role model is a person who says, 'This is who I am.' "
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Person
I Am
Role
" The American president isn't just the American president. He's going to be the leader of the whole Western world, you know? You got a pretty big responsibility. "
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Leader
American
Responsibility
" That guy in 'The Simpsons' - I love Groundskeeper Willie. "
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Love
Guy
I Love
" 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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Hate
Wind
Like
" 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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Relationships
Special
You
" I started quite late. I didn't know acting was a job. "
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Started
Quite
Late
" I did half a year of theatre. "
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Year
Did
Half
" 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 mind, I still think - and wish - that I'm going to be a journalist or a writer. That's been my dream job my entire life. "
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Job
" 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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You
Love
People
" Overnight, I became a public figure. "
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Public Figure
Overnight
Public