Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Quotes

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Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Profession : Actor

Birth : July 27, 1970

You can be as good an actor as you want but, if your accent is too strong, it's going to limit you.

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I know nothing more annoying when people I don't know jump to conclusions on my person based on nothing but gossip or speculation.

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Divorce is always terrible, but I haven't met anyone who went through it and isn't happier now.

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Jerome Flynn is a great actor.

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The most famous actress who did the 'dumb blond' routine was Marilyn Monroe, but she was a genius actress.

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I actually met a cop who worked with street gangs. I wanted to understand what drives someone who deals with very hardened criminals on a daily basis. How do you turn that off when you go home at night?

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One thing George R. R. Martin does is surprising things to main characters. But he says so himself.

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Most people can relate to that whole annoying thing when people think they know who you are.

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I couldn't pick up a sword and go fight anyone, let me put it that way. It's choreography and it's acting. The best sword fights you see look amazing, but it's the acting that sells it more than anything.

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There's a Danish architecture firm called BIG. I love architecture, and I always check out their work; they're very good at reimagining the way we live. They put the human experience as the focus, with access to air and outdoor space.

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There are so many things to do in New York. I try to get to the theater and see some plays. I have a bicycle over here, and I ride around New York.

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What's great about 'Game of Thrones' is they change the perspective, the POV, all the time. So you will have one story told by one character and you'll go, 'Oh my God, horrible', and then maybe the season after you have the same story told but from the person you thought was just the most horrible, vile creature.

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When I was a kid I was always afraid of small dogs, because they always seemed like the ones that would attack.

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Ever since I was a kid, I always wanted to be an actor.

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If you look at most of the Royal Houses in Europe, the inbreeding was pretty outstanding.

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I like to be comfortable.

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I think we all have the capacity of evil in us.

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I like to wear beautiful clothes, but I don't have that many.

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I'm a fan of great storytelling.

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There's something liberating about watching someone not following the rules.

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