Lars von Trier is a very good storyteller. He's like an H. C. Andersen for adults. — 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 ethical code of my upbringing was be good to people and try not to hurt them. You don't need a god… — 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
I'm not always happy when Hollywood does remakes of films, but that's usually when they have a very, very, very good film,… — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share Image
Norway is a small country, about half the size of Sweden, but it has a very good film climate because they have… — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share Image
The Sermon on the Mount is a very nice piece about being good, but most of the Bible is a very revengeful,… — 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… — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share Image
I'm in Stockholm in my office. I just got here after seeing my eighth child on an ultrasound, so I'm in a… — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share Image
I've got a lot of weaknesses. One of them is that I often get scared and tense when I'm working - and… — 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… — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share Image
I've been offered a lot of police series, but I'm very good at staying away from them. They're usually based on such… — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share Image
It's good to pay high taxes - you have free schools, free universities. It's a much more decent society than those where… — 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
