I was a gymnast for many years before I was a dancer, so it comes... by Mads Mikkelsen

I was a gymnast for many years before I was a dancer, so it comes in pretty handy when I do stunts.

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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.

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I'm one of the actors who really enjoys working with kids and animals, which is always a no go. There's something beautiful about it because you tend to forget yourself, as an actor.

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II know a little about Greek mythology. It's not that far away fr... by Mads Mikkelsen

II know a little about Greek mythology. It's not that far away from the Nordic mythology.

far-away greek littles

Sometimes we misunderstand what films can do. We just throw a whole book in there, with people just talking, talking, and talking. The picture can tell, the frame can tell.

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I think 40 years ago, it would have been a little bit different because people had a tendency to think the actor was their part. I do find people who, all of a sudden, realize who is sitting in the restaurant and the first thing they react on is not necessarily, "There's that actor," but it's, "There's that killer guy."

people years thinking

I like to stay home with my family. by Mads Mikkelsen

I like to stay home with my family.

I'd rather be voted "the sexiest man in Denmark" than "the uglies... by Mads Mikkelsen

I'd rather be voted "the sexiest man in Denmark" than "the ugliest man in Denmark".

sexiest denmark men

I think the days are over where we were okay with bad guys just doing the pirate laugh and eating kids just for fun. There has to be a goal, you know? They have to have a point, and they have to make sense.

fun kids thinking

Once you do one bad guy, usually all you get offered is bad guys. by Mads Mikkelsen

Once you do one bad guy, usually all you get offered is bad guys.

If you spend a week at a casino you will very easily see that people have a certain way of behaving in a casino.

casinos people way

I have an enormous metabolism, so I'm lucky. by Mads Mikkelsen

I have an enormous metabolism, so I'm lucky.

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Sometimes you have a period piece where you have to research around it but, if the writers have done their homework well enough, the information is all in the script.

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I would have turned any offer down, if it had turned into a thriller. I would have seen no point in a thriller here. I don't need to entertain people, on top of what we were doing. It's not a question of whether he did it or not. I would have thought that was banal and uninteresting, and I wouldn't care. And it could have also turned into a shoot-out because there were a lot of guns in the film.

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I tend not to have any references to anything. I just jump into the script in front of me. If you reference too much, you have no idea if the performances are right.

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I'm not the kind of actor who runs around and insists on being called Stravinsky by everybody, and my family has to call me Igor. I'm not that kind of actor. I think that's pretentious.

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The physicality of any character is always split up into fast, slow, high energy, low energy, what kind of personality he has. So that's where the physicality comes in. And flying through the air is just something you have to do if they ask you.

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I'd just love to see the next Star Wars films when they come out because I'm very into the whole universe and the stories. So they're always rewarding.

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Everyone who makes a Star Wars film wants to make it their own but they also have to be true to the concept.

I think it would be pretty cool if my kids were super kids. by Mads Mikkelsen

I think it would be pretty cool if my kids were super kids.

would-be kids thinking

I'm very dedicated to the things I do. by Mads Mikkelsen

I'm very dedicated to the things I do.