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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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" Maybe there is something specifically Scandinavian that comes out of the long, dark winters - you have to learn to laugh at misery, in a way. "

" One of the beauties of 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' is the very delicate and strange relationship between the two main characters. "

" There is no overacting, only untrue acting. "

" I treat everyone as equals. I can't work if I'm not having fun, and I can't have fun if not everyone is happy. "

" 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. "

" Very often, it's the director that I'm attracted to. If it's a really good director, I don't even have to read the script to say yes. "

" Some directors are interested in acting, and others are only interested in cranes and moving the camera. "

" I wanted to get the opportunity to do what actresses do: play the inside of a person. "

" The only respect you should have is the one you earn. "

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

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

" 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. "

" Any society that starts forbidding certain words or expressions is a society you should be wary about, whether it's the KGB or social consensus that enforces it. "

" I really enjoy being part of the Marvel Universe. It's a cool bunch of people to work with, and they know what they're doing. "

" There was a Russian director named Elem Klimov, who did his films during the communist days. They were constantly struggling with the authorities and to be allowed to express themselves. But he did one of the best war movies I've ever seen - it's called 'Come and See.' "

" I am indeed a fan of John le Carre's novels. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" All male roles are written in a way where you just hide what's going on inside you, and all female roles are written in a way where they expose everything. "

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

" I started acting as an amateur when I was a kid, but I wanted to become a diplomat. It was self-centered and weird, but I had this idea of going out in the world and solving conflicts and making the world a better place. But I kept on acting, and eventually, I just dropped out of school and continued acting. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" The Sermon on the Mount is a very nice piece about being good, but most of the Bible is a very revengeful, childish, brutal God. "