I wanted to be a man who travelled the world to make peace. I didn't realise that most diplomats are megaphones for their governments. Stellan Skarsgard More Quotes by Stellan Skarsgard More Quotes From Stellan Skarsgard There is no overacting, only untrue acting. Stellan Skarsgard untrue unfaithful acting Unfortunately, the way the world is constructed, a lot of people have no chance, from day one. Stellan Skarsgard people way world Theres nothing more reassuring than a world thats crazier than you are. Stellan Skarsgard reassuring world I treat everyone as equals. I can't work if I'm not having fun, and I can't have fun if not everyone is happy. Stellan Skarsgard treats ifs fun I started acting long before I decided to pursue it. 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. Stellan Skarsgard self kids ideas I've done so many sex scenes in my life and it's much easier to do a funny sex scene than a sex scene that is supposed to look like it feels. Stellan Skarsgard done sex looks There was a Russian director named Elem Klimov, who did his films during the communist days. They were constantly struggling with the authorities and to be allowed to express themselves. But he did one of the best war movies I've ever seen - it's called 'Come and See.' Stellan Skarsgard struggle war directors All directors are control freaks and very obsessive. I get the feeling that directors as kids, they all have had a childhood with not too much contact with other kids. They constructed their own reality and they continue to do it. It's a funny breed, directors. Stellan Skarsgard childhood kids reality The way I look at humanity, I don't think there's good guys or bad guys. We're all potentially bad and potentially good. Stellan Skarsgard guy humanity thinking if a real God were actually so vain as to constantly demand worship, then he would not be worth it. Stellan Skarsgard demand real worship Casting a film, you can have the greatest actors in a film and it doesn't work. It's a combination of all of the elements. Stellan Skarsgard casting elements actors Norwegian kids, they grow up well educated in film. So they have a lot of good directors there. Stellan Skarsgard growing-up directors kids I played a heap of snow in a school play. I was under a sheet, and crawled out when spring came. I often say I'll never reach the same artistic level again. Stellan Skarsgard play spring school We don't live. We're miming in the choir. Stellan Skarsgard choir meaningful You have to make sure that you find projects that are not too similar and roles that are not too similar, so the challenges are new and you still learn things. I still think I can become a much better actor. Stellan Skarsgard roles challenges thinking 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 figures directors ideas I'm not lazy on set. I'm lazy in the rest of my life. Stellan Skarsgard lazy I don't think that people in the world, in general, have too many chances. Stellan Skarsgard people world thinking Actors are different. Some actors play themselves very successfully, but I come from the theater. Having done Shakespeare, we sometimes did three or four characters in the same play. Stellan Skarsgard different play character It's really nice to go down to an extremely low-budget movie, but that is very daring and courageous and try something different, where the roles usually are more complicated. Stellan Skarsgard nice different trying
