Quotes by Stellan Skarsgard

About Stellan Skarsgard:

Stellan John Skarsgård is a Swedish actor. He is known for his roles as Jan Nyman in Breaking the Waves (1996), Prof. Gerald Lambeau in Good Will Hunting (1997), Bootstrap Bill in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007), Bill Anderson in Mamma Mia! (2008), Martin Vanger in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (2011), and Dr. Erik Selvig in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Thor (2011), The Avengers (2012), Thor: The Dark World (2013), and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015).
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Norway is a small country, about half the size of Sweden, but it has a very good film climate because they have municipal cinemas, so even in the smallest towns you have a cinema that shows art house films from all over the world.

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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 cal...

Stellan Skarsgard

There is no overacting, only untrue acting.

Stellan Skarsgard

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

Even the most despicable person is still a human being.

Stellan Skarsgard

I never help my kids and I never encourage them and I never give them any advice.

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People don't want to read subtitles.

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I'm in Stockholm in my office. I just got here after seeing my eighth child on an ultrasound, so I'm in a good mood. It's beautiful: an energetic little skeleton.

Stellan Skarsgard

Norwegian kids, they grow up well educated in film. So they have a lot of good directors there.

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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.

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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,...

Stellan Skarsgard

It takes a long time to make me beautiful, but it goes fast to make me ugly.

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One of the beauties of 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' is the very delicate and strange relationship between the two main characters.

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I love having 30 shots of every scene.

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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

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.

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Author Bio

  • NameStellan Skarsgard
  • DescriptionSwedish actor
  • BornJune 13, 1951
  • CountrySweden
  • ProfessionTelevision Actor; Actor; Film Producer
  • AwardsAmanda Award For Best Actor;