Maybe there is something specifically Scandinavian that comes out of the long, dark winters - you have to learn to laugh at misery, in a way. Stellan Skarsgard More Quotes by Stellan Skarsgard More Quotes From Stellan Skarsgard There is no overacting, only untrue acting. Stellan Skarsgard untrueunfaithfulacting Unfortunately, the way the world is constructed, a lot of people have no chance, from day one. Stellan Skarsgard peoplewayworld Theres nothing more reassuring than a world thats crazier than you are. Stellan Skarsgard reassuringworld 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 treatsifsfun 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 selfkidsideas 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 donesexlooks 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 strugglewardirectors 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 childhoodkidsreality 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 guyhumanitythinking if a real God were actually so vain as to constantly demand worship, then he would not be worth it. Stellan Skarsgard demandrealworship 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 castingelementsactors Norwegian kids, they grow up well educated in film. So they have a lot of good directors there. Stellan Skarsgard growing-updirectorskids 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 playspringschool We don't live. We're miming in the choir. Stellan Skarsgard choirmeaningful 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 roleschallengesthinking 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 figuresdirectorsideas 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 peopleworldthinking 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 differentplaycharacter 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 nicedifferenttrying
