I think I was 13 years old when my father put in my hands 'The Spy Who Came in from the Cold.' It was the first real adult book I ever read, and it opened a new world. — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share Image
My father used to stress that he valued us all as individuals, but that no one in the world was worth more or less than anyone else. This was a good principle to establish in a large family. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
We have to know that the bad guys are not different from us in the world. — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share Image
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 Image
Man is such an amazing animal, and the possibilities are infinite for each person. — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share Image
It takes a long time to make me beautiful, but it goes fast to make me ugly. — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share Image
Theres nothing more reassuring than a world thats crazier than you are. — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
In Europe, the director is the king: it's his vision. It's an auteur tradition. — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share Image
