Joel Kinnaman Quotes

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Joel Kinnaman

Profession : Actor

Birth : November 25, 1979

I think 'The Wire' is my all-time favorite TV show. It's so brilliant, the way it critiques society, and how it handles that everybody who gets power loses their moral code and stops going to the root of the problem and just tries to maintain their own power.

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I loved 'The Artist.' I thought it was fantastic.

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In philosophy, they talk a lot about humans being actual organic machines, and the idea of free will is something that we've made up. We actually don't have free will. We're acting according to our programming as organic mechanisms.

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A lot of the friends I had went on to become criminals.

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It's so scary to go on stage. I used to throw up before I went on stage, every time.

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We are all a unique person with everyone we meet.

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In most scripts, one or two characters have a lot of colors.

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I don't reflect on sort of the age of the roles that I get. It's usually just what plays into what's believable - 'Am I believable at this age?'

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Moving in is almost a bigger step than getting married.

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My impression was, 'This Hollywood thing doesn't seem too hard.'

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I really want to live in New York. That's the city of my dreams.

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I miss the Swedish women on the first day of spring cause they all just blossom in the most incredible way.

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I look at characters to see if they have some contrasts to play with; I think that's always what I'm looking for in characters: ones that have a wide range of expression.

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A big moment for me was when I did a play that was a new adaptation of Dostojevskij's 'Crime and Punishment,' and I played Raskolnikov. It was actually the first thing I did when I got out of acting school.

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I speak English with my dad and Swedish with my mom; it's quite schizophrenic.

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I've followed Gary Oldman his whole career... I've watched the movies he's directed, like 'Nil by Mouth' - I've seen that five times!

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The way I live my life or conduct myself when I have a problem is very different from many of the characters I play.

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If I play a villain, I try to find his lightness and his good side. And if I play a hero or a good guy, I'll try to find his darkness or his flaws. Because I don't believe in good and evil. I believe in grays.

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I have a lot of funny friends, and we joke a lot, but I've never really played comedic parts.

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H&M makes it easy for a guy to look great every single day and create a personal style. Their men's collection always gives me a choice of how I want to dress, whether it be sharp in a suit and polo-neck, or more relaxed in jeans and a tweed jacket.

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