I choose work with the people I like to work with. Mads Mikkelsen More Quotes by Mads Mikkelsen More Quotes From Mads Mikkelsen If you believe in Odin and Thor, people laugh themselves to death. While it's okay to believe in a man who turned water into wine, and walked on water Mads Mikkelsen god funny jesus I think the meaning of life is life itself. We don't necessarily want to know what it is, but we want to live it. Hopefully, we'll go out fast without knowing it. Mads Mikkelsen meaning-of-life knowing thinking I have a three-piece suit. I’m an art collector. I have a funny accent. So I’m probably the killer. Mads Mikkelsen pieces three art All actors have to believe that our characters have a point that makes sense. Hopefully, they make sense to the crowd watching it, but at least he has to make sense in his own mind, in his own universe. Mads Mikkelsen mind character believe I do read some of the scripts from America and, even though the themes or subject of the film is very interesting, and some of the scenes are very interesting, there is a tendency that they have to explain everything. There will be no dilemma. This guy was evil, and this girl was very sweet. And in the end, we'd have to see eight endings because we'd also have to know what happened to the uncle. It's like, "Are you kidding me?!" Mads Mikkelsen uncles girl sweet I’m an Adidas guy who walks around in sports gear all the time because there’s always a ball right next to me somewhere. I do a lot of sports but I do enjoy wearing a lot of suits. I have quite a few suits that I really enjoy wearing but, unlike Hannibal, I like wearing them only at special occasions. Mads Mikkelsen guy special sports One thing I can say about the French language is that no one in the world loves their language as much as they do. Mads Mikkelsen world-love one-thing language I'm a beer man. I tried to drink whiskey and Scotch but I don't get it. It smells like a girl who didn't shower and just splashed a lot of perfume on. Mads Mikkelsen girl beer men Actors are very good at not revealing anything, so they're safe. Mads Mikkelsen revealing actors safe I take my work enormously seriously. When I do something, it has to feel right. Everything has to be right. I’m not ambitious about my career, but I am ambitious with each job. I can be fairly annoying to work with. No compromises, let’s put it this way. Compromises are from hell. Mads Mikkelsen ambitious careers jobs Machiavelli had some cold tricks for people who wanted to be demagogues and wanted to take over the world. Mads Mikkelsen cold people world I'm terrified about psychic people who have their little shops. Mads Mikkelsen psychics littles people I dont wear cologne. I do occasionally, but anytime I take a shower, I just put on deodorant. Thats basically what I smell like. Mads Mikkelsen deodorant smell showers I'm not looking for a challenge, necessarily. I'm looking to make a really great film. Mads Mikkelsen really-great film challenges I guess they have to label someone the sexiest person in the world, and it is always someone who is on telly even if it’s the weatherman. For a couple of years it was me and then it was someone else. It’s nicer being the sexiest man than the most ugly man. I live with it, and I don’t mind it, but I don’t go around with a big smile on my face everyday. Mads Mikkelsen couple men years I ask a million questions, and I insist on having answers. I think that is what we have to do. I have to know what the director wants. Some are very much in their head, and I need to force it out of them. I just can't play around for eight hours and see if something happens. Mads Mikkelsen eight play thinking Yeah, I do all the stuff I can. Let’s be frank, if you are in an action film, you are not in it for the characters, you are in it for the action – the stunts. If they take that away from you, it’s a sad story. Ha ha! I have damaged everything: knees, elbows, ribs. But I’m an old gymnast. I know how to survive. Mads Mikkelsen ribs stories character If you're playing the bad guy, you have to find what you like about them. Mads Mikkelsen bad-guys guy ifs I'm a big fan of film for one reason: because it is visual. Mads Mikkelsen film fans reason The criteria [to take or refuse the role] is that I would love to have some kind of dialogue or communication with the director. I need to understand that we can communicate and that we like communication. That's something I have to have a strong feeling about. Secondly, I have to find the script intriguing or interesting. I don't have to understand the whole script, but I do have to find it intriguing. If those two things are present, that would probably be a yes. Mads Mikkelsen communication strong two
