I worked on the Harvey Weinstein-produced 'The Great Raid,' where I warned a young co-star not to take Harvey up on his invitations to drinks unless the whole group was there. Connie Nielsen More Quotes by Connie Nielsen More Quotes From Connie Nielsen I'm definitely more attracted to chaos than to order. The point is, I find the female roles out there very cliché. If we are limited to being only lovers or mothers, we are limiting ourselves. Connie Nielsen femalemotherorder I'm definitely more attracted to chaos than to order. Connie Nielsen chaosorder Often when you get a really good script, and you receive the new pages, you see that the entire thing has been dumbed down. Films in the '30s and '40s, that were huge blockbusters, were very sophisticated in their language, and the ideas they brought. There were no questions about whether the audience would get it or not. Connie Nielsen scriptspagesideas You love your child and you want to protect your child more than anything on this planet, and yet by the time they're 17, 18, they're going to step into this world, and that world will not feel the same compunction, necessarily, toward your daughter. Connie Nielsen daughterlove-youchildren If Copenhagen were a person, that person would be generous, beautiful, elderly, but with a flair. A human being that has certain propensities for quarrelling, filled with imagination and with appetite for the new and with respect for the old - somebody who takes good care of things and of people. Connie Nielsen elderlybeautifulpeople If you asked somebody, 'what do you wish for in life?' they wouldn't say 'happiness.' I would have answered 'excitement, knowledge,' God knows - I mean, many, many different things, but certainly not 'happiness'. It seemed like a foreign concept to wish for something that specific and that singular. Connie Nielsen differentwishmean I love cities that are on the water. I love the water element, specifically the sea. I grew up on the sea and I grew up sailing - I love sailing - and the presence of the sea gives the air and the light a very special quality that I absolutely adore. Connie Nielsen lightinspirationalfunny I've played lots of strong women in film, in big Hollywood films, and I've sometimes had a hard time in coming to a consensus of what makes a woman strong. What is it that positions her as a force to be reckoned with? And I think it's because there's an expectation from the get-go that she isn't. If you're not starting from a deficit as a point of view, but you're starting from an assumption that says, "Well, this is what women really are," then it's a really freeing experience as an actor and as a woman. Connie Nielsen strong-womenhard-timesthinking You think once you've shown what you can do, and your movies have been successful, that snap, you work. So to discover the difference between guys' roles and girls' roles made me plain mad. It's unjust. Connie Nielsen girlsuccessfulthinking TV is a different animal these days. You can bring together really smart writing and directing, in-depth character development and really meaty political and emotional stories. Connie Nielsen smartwritingcharacter I try to combine my work with my family, that's what I aspire to. I don't say that's the only thing. It's not all work and family, because otherwise you would be saying no to the many other things in life and there are many other things. Connie Nielsen things-in-lifewould-betrying I trained with the FBI in Portland and I also had many conversations with female FBI agents in Los Angeles, as well. That was again something that also came in very handy for Basic, because I'd learned already how to handle a gun and how to behave just physically when you're in a situation, a threat. That was very good to know. Connie Nielsen fbi-agentsportlandgun I absolutely refuse the fame part of my business. I refuse even the money side of my business. I try to do as good work as I can do, I try to grow in my art and reach for truth. That's what I want from my art, that's what I aspire to. Connie Nielsen wanttryingart As an artist you actually do have to make a choice to be an outsider. If you're an outsider you have the freedom to say what people on the inside don't dare to say. Connie Nielsen choicesartistpeople I don't think I can remember a moment in my life where people didn't discuss politics. People discuss politics at the table. Connie Nielsen tablespeoplethinking We have a certain warped sense of humor in Scandinavia, and that is what comes across in the choices in a lot of our movies. Connie Nielsen scandinaviasense-of-humorchoices I will always find something that I want to try and become better at. I always love to spend more time with my friends, more time with my family, my extended family. I always want to read more books. Connie Nielsen wanttryingbook I say no to a lot of things that just don't fit my life. I involve my kids in what I'm struggling with so they don't compete with it. Connie Nielsen fitstrugglekids A role can go from being a babe to anything, as long as it's something that makes me curious. Connie Nielsen curiousroleslong I drink red wine every night and chamomile tea before bed. Connie Nielsen redwineteanight
