A transformation as an actor is always exciting, it was tough physically and mentally sometimes as well because you're so isolated from friends and family for nine months. It wasn't tough in a way because I was so excited and motivated. Alexander Skarsgard More Quotes by Alexander Skarsgard More Quotes From Alexander Skarsgard If you are with someone who is awesome and having a good time, you can sit at a bus station and still have fun. Alexander Skarsgard having-a-good-timegood-timesfun When we were shooting in Shreveport, me and a couple of friends went down to Lafayette, because they had a big Zydeco music festival down there. We spent two days dancing to Zydeco music, eating fried alligator... It was one of the craziest festivals I've ever been to in my life, but I loved it. Alexander Skarsgard coupledancingtwo I'm an actor and I love to find new collaborations and new characters where I can grow as an actor and human being. Alexander Skarsgard collaborationactorscharacter I've been a member of Greenpeace since I was a teenager. Alexander Skarsgard greenpeacemembersteenager Life is crazy. You travel and you're busy and there's so much going on that it's important to have the moments where you can breathe and you can just be present with the person or the people that you're there with. Alexander Skarsgard crazyimportantpeople When I was four or five, I would organise my cars and my action figures. I needed some kind of structure, I think. Alexander Skarsgard carfourthinking I spent two months in Fredericksburg, Texas, when I was 8, while my father shot a movie, and I loved it. I just embraced the whole cowboy culture. I got myself a pair of awesome boots and a cowboy hat. Alexander Skarsgard cowboytexasfather Whether I'm interested [in something] or not, step one is read the script and figure out if a character is someone I'd want to explore or not. Alexander Skarsgard scriptswantcharacter To turn off your phone when you go to your country house or you're on vacation for a few days is important. I turn off my phone and just check it once a day. I turn it on and, if it's an important message, I'll call back. Otherwise, it can wait. Alexander Skarsgard vacationphonescountry I'm not very active on social media. I'm not on Facebook or Twitter or Instagram, or anything like that. But I think it's wonderful that they're out there. They're fantastic. I have a lot of siblings and friends that use it, and it's great for them. It's such a connected world. Alexander Skarsgard siblingmediathinking If you're a great documentary filmmaker, it doesn't necessarily mean that you're a great narrative filmmaker. There are fantastic documentary filmmakers that can't direct actors. You don't have to do that in a documentary, if it's a real documentary. Alexander Skarsgard actorsrealmean I was nervous when I first started True Blood because if you do a play or a movie, you know the complete arc of the character. You can see the end. But with a show like True Blood, you don't know what's going to happen. Alexander Skarsgard playcharacterblood When you meet a director who wants to remake a movie, you have to ask, does he or she have an interesting vision and idea, something that intrigues you - is there a reason why we should do this? Alexander Skarsgard visionideasinteresting A lot of times we associate Greenpeace and climate change and shrinking polar caps with heavy-handed, weighty material. It's somber stuff. But with Funny Or Die we thought we could put an interesting take on it. Make it a little more palatable, especially for young people who tune into the website. Alexander Skarsgard littlespeopleinteresting When I'm on a plane, people know where I'm going before I even know where I'm going. People know where you had lunch yesterday, or who you had lunch with. So, trying to avoid sharing everything with everyone is my way of keeping something private in my life. Alexander Skarsgard lunchyesterdaypeople We don't have paparazzi following you in Sweden. Alexander Skarsgard paparazziswedenfollowing Being followed is weird, that people want to discuss where I ate lunch or what I wear when I go to lunch... the private life is just gone. Alexander Skarsgard lunchgonepeople I wasn't like a Hollywood child actor - "I'm five! I can sing, I can dance, I can act! I wanna be a star!" Alexander Skarsgard hollywoodstarschildren There's something I love about how stark the contrast is between January and June in Sweden. In a way, I feel that time doesn't exist in LA. Sometimes I don't know if it's February or April or October, because you're always sitting outside on the same patio, and it's 70 degrees. Alexander Skarsgard degreesjunesitting I'm pretty intense when it comes to relationships, platonic ones as well. If I feel a connection with someone, I'm willing to go there. Alexander Skarsgard intenseconnectionsfeels
