Pilou Asbaek Quotes

Pilou Asbaek

Profession : Actor

Birth : March 2, 1982

Overnight, I became a public figure.

Pilou Asbaek

I love people who go out and say, 'If cinema is God, then I'm the pope.' As an actor working with these kinds of people, the older you get, the more you appreciate it.

Pilou Asbaek

I think a role model is a person who says, 'This is who I am.'

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That guy in 'The Simpsons' - I love Groundskeeper Willie.

Pilou Asbaek

I do enjoy the Scottish way of playing football.

Pilou Asbaek

One of the things I've learned from 'Borgen' is that it's very easy to criticise people; 'I hate this politician, I hate what they do.' You are doing this right now with Margaret Thatcher, but sometimes it's hard to be a politician. I'm not defending Margaret Thatcher, but we believe our statesmen are also human beings.

Pilou Asbaek

I was the first person in the family to be an actor.

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I did some theatre straight out of school, and it wasn't anything spectacular at all.

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I'm not a natural leader. If you see me in a room, I'm the guy standing in a corner hiding. I'm not an alpha male.

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I have the deepest, deepest respect for these guys who are actually fighting for democracy in countries far away.

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I have no ambitions at all! I have none... seriously. I want to be a good father. I want to be a good husband. I want to be a good son, a good brother, a good family member. I don't have any ambition to direct a film or write a play. I like acting.

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I did a film called 'Worlds Apart' about a Jehovah's Witness. I was the love interest - the male lead - but the story was about the female lead, a young girl who is a part of this cult, and she wants to break out. She meets a guy who has to help her. She has to find out who she is. It's more like a coming of age story.

Pilou Asbaek

I love 'Sex and the City,' but it's also wonderful that there's something else other than 'Sex and the City.'

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I want to direct in Denmark. I married a writer; my best friend's a writer, so I always wanted to be a writer.

Pilou Asbaek

In my mind, I still think - and wish - that I'm going to be a journalist or a writer. That's been my dream job my entire life.

Pilou Asbaek