The difference between an experienced director and a new director is not as big as the difference between individual directors, the temperament… — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share Image
You always have to figure out what the director is good at before you work with them; then you can fill in… — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share Image
Very often, it's the director that I'm attracted to. If it's a really good director, I don't even have to read the… — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share Image
The first time I did a big American film, I was surprised by all the different financiers who came to the set… — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share Image
I did a Norwegian film called 'Insomnia' that was remade and that was a good remake by a good director, so I'm… — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share Image
When you work with someone you don't quite know, you have to figure the director out, and you can come up with… — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share Image
All directors have their strengths and weaknesses, as all actors have, and all artists. What you try to do is complete the… — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share Image
I am not a nationalist in any way, and I hate flag waving, and I don't think much good has come out of nationalism.… — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share
The ethical code of my upbringing was be good to people and try not to hurt them. You don't need a god to tell… — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share
Actors are different. Some actors play themselves very successfully, but I come from the theater. Having done Shakespeare, we sometimes did three or four… — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share
We have to know that the bad guys are not different from us in the world. — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share
Any society that starts forbidding certain words or expressions is a society you should be wary about, whether it's the KGB or social consensus… — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share
Man is such an amazing animal, and the possibilities are infinite for each person. — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share
It takes a long time to make me beautiful, but it goes fast to make me ugly. — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share
Theres nothing more reassuring than a world thats crazier than you are. — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share
Even if you're the President of the United States, you still act like a little child and think like a little child sometimes. Childish… — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share
Most of my acting in general is about what's going on in the head, and the lines are just something that comes out. — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share
In Europe, the director is the king: it's his vision. It's an auteur tradition. — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share
If you look at Kirsten Dunst's performance in 'Melancholia,' which I think is absolutely wonderful - it's not even in the text, because she… — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share
One of the beauties of 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' is the very delicate and strange relationship between the two main characters. — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share
Kenneth Branagh is one of the funniest directors on the set. You laugh a lot. He's very skillful. — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share
