With my own work, I've always tried at least to wake people up and shake them out of their complacency. And that's always easier if I'm working with an artist who really has something to say. — Jonas Akerlund Copy Share Image
I do most of my post production in Stockholm, usually at night, so when I get out of the office at 3 or 4… — Jonas Akerlund Copy Share Image
I'd never really shot action scenes before, but I realized early on that is very much like shooting choreography and dance. — Jonas Akerlund Copy Share Image
Now, with YouTube, the audience decides. You can make something that is 20 minutes long or one minute long. — Jonas Akerlund Copy Share Image
I have a pile of scripts at home that I love. Some of them are hard to get made. We have to give up… — Jonas Akerlund Copy Share Image
Anybody who comes to Stockholm in the summer for the first time and walks around the city at night must think that we're weird. — Jonas Akerlund Copy Share Image
I'm a commercial director; I do some very very commercial stuff in the commercial world. My music videos are always analyzed. I need to… — Jonas Akerlund Copy Share Image
The guys in U2, whom I work with a lot, have a very open political agenda. — Jonas Akerlund Copy Share Image
I've always been drawn to movies where I get a chance to look into a world that I kind of know about, but that… — Jonas Akerlund Copy Share Image
Polar' is based on the first and a little bit on the second book and all the characters from those novels are in there.… — Jonas Akerlund Copy Share Image
As a music video director, I have about 4 billion hits on my music videos on YouTube, and I'm really proud of that. — Jonas Akerlund Copy Share Image
I never get to think about myself when I do films. I started in advertising, so I always have to think about what my… — Jonas Akerlund Copy Share Image
