Stellan Skarsgard Quotes

• There is no overacting, only untrue acting.

  Stellan Skarsgard

  Acting, Unfaithful, Untrue

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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.

  Stellan Skarsgard

  Fun, Treats, Ifs

  "I'm a castrated bull". Interview with Ryan Gilbey, www.theguardian.com. April 05, 2012.

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• if a real God were actually so vain as to constantly demand worship, then he would not be worth it.

  Stellan Skarsgard

  Real, Demand, Worship

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• Unfortunately, the way the world is constructed, a lot of people have no chance, from day one.

  Stellan Skarsgard

  People, World, Way

  Source: collider.com

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• Theres nothing more reassuring than a world thats crazier than you are.

  Stellan Skarsgard

  World, Reassuring

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• People don't want to read subtitles.

  Stellan Skarsgard

  People, Want, Subtitles

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• I started acting long before I decided to pursue it. 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.

  Stellan Skarsgard

  Kids, Self, Ideas

  Source: collider.com

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• You have to make sure that you find projects that are not too similar and roles that are not too similar, so the challenges are new and you still learn things. I still think I can become a much better actor.

  Stellan Skarsgard

  Thinking, Challenges, Roles

  Source: collider.com

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• We don't live. We're miming in the choir.

  Stellan Skarsgard

  Meaningful, Choir

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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.

  Stellan Skarsgard

  Kids, Reality, Childhood

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• 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.'

  Stellan Skarsgard

  War, Struggle, Directors

  "Esquire's Nominating Academy Presents: Stellan Skarsgård". www.esquire.com. January 18, 2012.

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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.

  Stellan Skarsgard

  Spring, School, Play

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Casting a film, you can have the greatest actors in a film and it doesn't work. It's a combination of all of the elements.

  Stellan Skarsgard

  Actors, Elements, Casting

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

  Stellan Skarsgard

  Persons, Stills, Humans

  "I'm a castrated bull". Interview with Ryan Gilbey, www.theguardian.com. April 05, 2012.

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• The way I look at humanity, I don't think there's good guys or bad guys. We're all potentially bad and potentially good.

  Stellan Skarsgard

  Thinking, Guy, Humanity

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• 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.

  Stellan Skarsgard

  Country, Art, House

  "'King of Devil's Island': Stellan Skarsgård mentors" by G. Allen Johnson, www.sfgate.com. January 05, 2012.

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• I've done so many sex scenes in my life and it's much easier to do a funny sex scene than a sex scene that is supposed to look like it feels.

  Stellan Skarsgard

  Sex, Looks, Done

  Source: collider.com

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• 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.

  Stellan Skarsgard

  Beautiful, Children, Skeletons

  "Stellan Skarsgård: 'I'm a castrated bull'" by Ryan Gilbey, www.theguardian.com. April 5, 2012.

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• Every culture has their myths that people are aware of and share.

  Stellan Skarsgard

  People, Culture, Share

  "Stellan Skarsgard Exclusive Interview; Talks THOR, MELANCHOLIA, and David Fincher’s THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. December 29, 2010.

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

  Stellan Skarsgard

  Tattoo, Girl, Character

  "Esquire's Nominating Academy Presents: Stellan Skarsgård". www.esquire.com. January 18, 2012.

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• I don't think that people in the world, in general, have too many chances.

  Stellan Skarsgard

  Thinking, People, World

  Source: collider.com

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• I love having 30 shots of every scene.

  Stellan Skarsgard

  Scene, Shots

  "Esquire's Nominating Academy Presents: Stellan Skarsgård". www.esquire.com. January 18, 2012.

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• Actors are different. Some actors play themselves very successfully, but I come from the theater. Having done Shakespeare, we sometimes did three or four characters in the same play.

  Stellan Skarsgard

  Character, Play, Different

  Source: collider.com

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

  Stellan Skarsgard

  Beautiful, Long, Ugly

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Norwegian kids, they grow up well educated in film. So they have a lot of good directors there.

  Stellan Skarsgard

  Growing Up, Kids, Directors

  "'King of Devil's Island': Stellan Skarsgård mentors" by G. Allen Johnson, www.sfgate.com. January 5, 2012.

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