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
With Fincher, you can take chances and try things. And what happens is that any pretension and preparation you've done, all the… — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share Image
It's a disease we have that we think that everything is explainable. It's a merchandising idea because you can sell explanations and… — 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
Casting a film, you can have the greatest actors in a film and it doesn't work. It's a combination of all of… — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share Image
I really enjoy being part of the Marvel Universe. It's a cool bunch of people to work with, and they know what… — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share Image
When you work in Norway, you actually have to have a contract about lunches because Norwegians don't eat lunch normally, so they… — 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