Quotes by Joel Kinnaman

About Joel Kinnaman:

Charles Joel Nordström is a Swedish-American actor. He is best known for playing the lead role in the Swedish film Easy Money, a role that earned him a Guldbagge Award in the "Best Actor" category, and also for his role as Frank Wagner in the Johan Falk film series. He starred on AMC's The Killing as detective Stephen Holder and played Alex Murphy in the 2014 reboot of RoboCop. Kinnaman is set to portray DC superhero Rick Flag, in the film adaptation of the Suicide Squad, based on the DC Comics anti-hero team of the same name. The film will be released in August 2016.
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I don't reflect on sort of the age of the roles that I get. It's usually just what plays into what's believable - 'Am I believable at this age?'

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I think that in Sweden and a lot of European countries, there's this whole mythology of the wounded artist: that you can't really do any great art unless you're suffering.

Joel Kinnaman

I feel like I've got the best job in the world. I just feel so fortunate to get paid to be a kid and play with my friends. So if it's rough or a little bit hot, you just have to deal with that.

Joel Kinnaman

We're all a big hippie family so I got five sisters and a bunch of different mothers. Not really, but my sisters' mothers are all good friends with my mother. We're a big family, 25 people.

Joel Kinnaman

I like L.A., but it's just too many people in the same business everywhere you go. You lose perspective.

Joel Kinnaman

Being an actor in movies is a lot about the power of your imagination and making the circumstance real to you so the audience will feel that it's real.

Joel Kinnaman

I speak English with my dad and Swedish with my mom; it's quite schizophrenic.

Joel Kinnaman

I really want to live in New York. That's the city of my dreams.

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An amateur can be great in front of the camera, but you need an education to get on stage where you have full control as an actor.

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All of our colleges are free in Sweden, but this acting program is the second most expensive education for the government. It's difficult to get in. There are around 1,500 applicants, and 10-12 applicants are accepted each year. I was accepted, and I...

Joel Kinnaman

In Sweden, there's a lot of talk of gender equality. That discussion isn't as prevalent in the U.S. I feel that successful American women are tougher than Swedish women - they create their space.

Joel Kinnaman

'The Killing' has a really great combination of qualities: Even though it's very sad and deals with mourning and grief, it's still exciting. It's about real people and it doesn't shy from the painful points of life.

Joel Kinnaman

H&M makes it easy for a guy to look great every single day and create a personal style. Their men's collection always gives me a choice of how I want to dress, whether it be sharp in a suit and polo-neck, or more relaxed in jeans and a tweed jacket.

Joel Kinnaman

I always look for good stories and good characters, and if they're placed in a whodunit, then I'm interested.

Joel Kinnaman

I usually have pretty good intuition on projects that I work on.

Joel Kinnaman

If I play a villain, I try to find his lightness and his good side. And if I play a hero or a good guy, I'll try to find his darkness or his flaws. Because I don't believe in good and evil. I believe in grays.

Joel Kinnaman

I'm a pretty good chess player.

Joel Kinnaman

I'm battling with keeping my narcissism at bay as it is, so Twitter was not a good thing for that.

Joel Kinnaman

I don't think being a star has ever been part of the plan. But I always want to do really good work, even when I made career moves with projects that made more sense in sort of a career way than in an artistic way... like I did with 'The Darkest Hour...

Joel Kinnaman

When I first came to the States, I thought I had a perfect American accent, and then I was abruptly becoming aware that it wasn't. So I did have to work on it a little bit, but I was hesitant working on it because I thought it was good.

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Author Bio

  • NameJoel Kinnaman
  • DescriptionSwedish-American actor
  • BornNovember 25, 1979
  • CountrySweden
  • ProfessionActor