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" Overnight, I became a public figure. "

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" In 'A Hijacking,' the characters are low-status people. "

" I do enjoy the Scottish way of playing football. "

" I was so irritated that people in Denmark considered me to be this serious guy who only did dramatic roles. "

" 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. "

" 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? "

" I want to direct in Denmark. I married a writer; my best friend's a writer, so I always wanted to be a writer. "

" I'm not cynical. I cry at 'ET.' And 'Kung Fu Panda!' "

" I have the deepest, deepest respect for these guys who are actually fighting for democracy in countries far away. "

" 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. "

" 'Eurovision' is a party. I've never said no to a party, so I'm not saying no to this. "

" On 'Ghost In The Shell,' I'm looking forward more to working with Scarlett Johannson and Rupert Sanders than portraying a lead! "

Looking Forward

" I'm the worst liar alive. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Honestly, I think it's kind of corny to sit and watch your own work. "

" Life is not black and white; there is some gray nuance to it. "

Black And White

" One of the things I've learned from 'Borgen' is that it's very easy to criticise people; 'I hate this politician, I hate what they do.' You are doing this right now with Margaret Thatcher, but sometimes it's hard to be a politician. I'm not defending Margaret Thatcher, but we believe our statesmen are also human beings. "

" I started quite late. I didn't know acting was a job. "

" I'm an actor. 99.9% of all actors in the world have been in denial towards the military. "

" I did some theatre straight out of school, and it wasn't anything spectacular at all. "

" I think six seasons are telling us one thing about 'Game of Thrones': Everyone should watch their back. No one is safe. That's what I love about the show. I love that it's so unpredictable. "

" 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. "

" I love my kid. I love a boring life. "

" 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. "

" I never read anything that's written about me. "

" I was the first person in the family to be an actor. "

" It was great fun being part of a TV series that I'd been a fan of for five years. I've been watching it every single Monday when with my wife. It was like a ritual - every Monday night on HBO Nordic, we would watch 'Game of Thrones' together. "

" I'm a father first. "

" 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. "