I suppose one of the things that interest me about acting is unpicking what makes people tick and why they do what they do and what it means to be human.
For me success isn't about making or having money, success is defeating something you thought you couldn't do.
If fans are going to turn on me because of this, they weren't my fans anyway. I couldn't betray a whole 25 years of record making and not do this. I had to.
Wherever it is you make your home, there is always this other place, this other person, calling to you. Come to me. Come back.
People will say that it's some kind of evasion, but I would never want to have a kid for me. I'd want to have the child for the child's sake, if that makes sense.
People are often afraid for me. They think that I am going to break. I can make it through a set.
I have always worked hard, and seeing so many Icelanders make tremendous efforts to cope with difficult tasks and decisions inspires me.
People started saying I was ignoring my country, making up stories about me. Ludicrous things, like that I throw tea on my assistants.
I take smack because I enjoy it. I enjoy all it makes me feel. I don't do it to be in with the in crowd. I can rock out with it.
How is justice served if the victim and the accused are working together to make it all go away? Somebody please explain that to me.
All of the monsters in my head were created by people who thought they could make me a porcelain doll marionette of their own design.
It amazes me sometimes that even intelligent people will analyze a situation or make a judgement after only recognizing the standard or traditional structure of a piece.
I'm a strong man, and usually I get over hurts and it makes me stronger when I come back.
I have a huge editor in my head who's always making me miserable. But sometimes, I try to let my unconscious act out.
I don't like the idea the viewer can kind of sit there and go, 'Make me like this person.' People aren't inherently sympathetic.
When I did make the decision to focus on acting, I think my mother was just relieved for me that I had finally started to focus.
For me, it makes sense to address shocking experiences through poems because of the way poems also have that effect on the reader.
I mean, if you asked me what I'm going to be doing when I'm 85, I'd make a quick picture in my mind and, well, I'll be singing.
An artist makes a painting, and nobody bugs him or her about it. It's just you and your painting. To me, that's the way it should be with film as well.
To make the script, you need ideas, and for me a lot of times, a final script is made up of many fragments of ideas that came at different times.
I may not give you the forgiveness you're asking, but i'm giving you forever to make me forgive you.
