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" 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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" 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

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" I played a heap of snow in a school play. I was under a sheet, and crawled out when spring came. I often say I'll never reach the same artistic level again. "

" I reflect over my actions; I don't dwell on them. "

" 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. "

Stellan Skarsgard

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Home

" 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. "

" I'm in Stockholm in my office. I just got here after seeing my eighth child on an ultrasound, so I'm in a good mood. It's beautiful: an energetic little skeleton. "

" Even the most despicable person is still a human being. "

" 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. "

" I never help my kids and I never encourage them and I never give them any advice. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I did a Norwegian film called 'Insomnia' that was remade and that was a good remake by a good director, so I'm honoured. "

" In Europe, the director is the king: it's his vision. It's an auteur tradition. "

" 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. "

" When we did 'Breaking the Waves,' he had a sign on the wall that said, 'Make mistakes.' "

" Kenneth Branagh is one of the funniest directors on the set. You laugh a lot. He's very skillful. "

Stellan Skarsgard

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" I go where I think I can enjoy myself. Sometimes it's on a big movie, and sometimes it's even on a silly movie. "

" We were working under very harsh conditions on 'Zero Kelvin.' We were up there in the Arctic, closer to the North Pole than to a hospital. Sometimes you had to sleep in small Arctic tents with guns to protect yourself from polar bears and stuff. "

" I know how to cut meat, yeah. I know how to cook, basically. "

" 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. "

" Lars von Trier is a very good storyteller. He's like an H. C. Andersen for adults. "

Stellan Skarsgard

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" I've never thought of myself as a professional. I very rarely do something I don't enjoy. "

" Rupert Murdoch is in bed with Cameron. Of course they want to kill the BBC... anybody who is in the way. "

" Most of my acting in general is about what's going on in the head, and the lines are just something that comes out. "

" It's fun to play characters with a past, but it's also fun to play any role that is what I would call a 'pressure cooker' kind of character, where the lid is on, and it's left to simmer throughout the movie. "

" I said yes to 'Nymphomaniac' before it was written. "

" How many big American films do you see where the heroine has no vanity whatsoever? "

" Acting is such a strange, vague profession, but my kids know it's hard labour. "

" It takes a long time to make me beautiful, but it goes fast to make me ugly. "

" It's not in the tradition: not even the schoolkids have hot lunches in Norway. They bring a couple of sandwiches from home. "