Stellan Skarsgard Quotes

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Stellan Skarsgard

Profession : Actor

Birth : June 13, 1951

If you understand each other's way of thinking, you understand what kind of film someone is trying to make, and all the ideas that I come up with will fit into that film.

Stellan Skarsgard

When you work with someone you don't quite know, you have to figure the director out, and you can come up with ideas that are counter-productive.

Stellan Skarsgard

I'm not lazy on set. I'm lazy in the rest of my life.

Stellan Skarsgard

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.

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I still live in Sweden. That's my base. When I'm not working, I'm there.

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I'm not a signing or dancing man.

Stellan Skarsgard

I don't do sports, really.

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I don't feel ashamed or humiliated when I am naked, but I definitely feel it when I am playing games.

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I don't know if I am a good cook, but I am a dedicated cook.

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My preparation for roles are less about the character's profession than who they are, what their dreams are, and in what way are they childish.

Stellan Skarsgard

Even if you're the President of the United States, you still act like a little child and think like a little child sometimes. Childish behavior is what I look for in all of my characters because that is what makes them human.

Stellan Skarsgard

Because of ignorance, I wasn't a big fan of Marvel. I hadn't read the magazines. They were not as big in Europe as they are in the United States. They're more a part of modern American mythology. I know more about the original Thor than the Marvel Thor.

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I've got a lot of weaknesses. One of them is that I often get scared and tense when I'm working - and fear is one of the big threats to any good performance, because it closes you down and makes it harder for you to produce life in front of the camera.

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