I'm drawn to the dark but not the nihilistic aspects, the relentless parts, of darkness. — Johan Renck Dark Copy Share Image
I've been working in television for a long time, and I know all aspects of television. — Johan Renck Know Copy Share Image
I played in bands very very young. I painted; I did photography, all kinds of things. — Johan Renck Bands Copy Share Image
One of the things I love about my job is the cornucopia of different professions in one. — Johan Renck About Copy Share Image
I'm drawn to stuff with a certain darkness, and darkness with beauty within it. — Johan Renck Beauty Copy Share Image
If I feel the labor and the gruesome process, that helps me appreciate the art. — Johan Renck Appreciate Copy Share Image
The only way to make something good is if you make it difficult for yourself on every conceivable level. You can't cut… — Johan Renck Difficult Copy Share Image
I wish I was really talented in music because then I would be doing it. I felt that I could write a… — Johan Renck Big Copy Share Image
Building a cast is a card house. They lean on each other, provide for each other, and take from each other. — Johan Renck Actor Copy Share Image
As a Scandinavian, I like hopelessness and the weird austerity in the hopelessness of things. — Johan Renck Hopelessness Copy Share Image
With my years of promos & commercials, I actually have a massive amount of experience with regards to production. There pretty much… — Johan Renck Actually Copy Share Image
Do people think Swedes are cool? I think they think you're cool in spite of you being Swedish. But the good thing… — Johan Renck Good thing Copy Share Image
I was a huge fan of this band called Sparks. It was a pretty good inauguration to music, since their music is… — Johan Renck Band Copy Share Image
I wish I had been born 20 years earlier, so I could have been in the movie business in the 1970s. — Johan Renck 1970s Copy Share Image
When you're young, and you're doing stuff, you're making music, directing, making art, it's all future directed. You want to change stuff… — Johan Renck Art Copy Share Image
In the early 1990s, I was signed as a singer to the same label as Robyn. She was in her early teens,… — Johan Renck Early Copy Share Image
The interest in character-driven content over narrative-driven ditto is increasing; that's why television steps in. Personally, I love it, since psychology and… — Johan Renck Character Copy Share Image
All my close friends are non-conformist. To say 'misfits' sounds bad, but there is something positive about being a little on the… — Johan Renck Bad Copy Share Image
I've always been interested in photography. I remember when I was about 14, I spent an entire summer selling lottery tickets in… — Johan Renck Camera Copy Share Image
Film is a narrative format. Some fashion films try to retain some of the poetic mystery, but most of the time they… — Johan Renck Cinema Copy Share Image
The darkest aspects of imperialism are still very much prevalent in many cultures around the world; hundreds of years later, and we… — Johan Renck Around the world Copy Share Image
I think one big reason why Sweden might have a good reputation around the world is that if you look at Norway… — Johan Renck Around the world Copy Share Image
I was a huge fan of this band called Sparks. It was a pretty good inauguration to music since their music is… — Johan Renck Affair Copy Share Image
Music is the highest art form.I still think that. I wish I was really talented in music because then I would be… — Johan Renck Art Copy Share Image
You'll find Swedes - maybe not as much as the Finns - thriving in melancholy. — Johan Renck Find Copy Share Image
I've never been one to talk analytically about a music video or whatever I do. — Johan Renck About Copy Share Image
I grew up all over the world, including countries such as Sweden, Norway, U.S.A., and Kuwait. — Johan Renck Kuwait Copy Share Image
They say don't meet your heroes, but when it comes to Bowie, he truly is the most brilliant person I've ever met. — Johan Renck Bowie Copy Share Image
Brits are very, very expressive, whereas the Soviet and Eastern European way is much more stern, stone-faced. Vladimir Putin-esque in some way. — Johan Renck More Copy Share Image
I'm a huge Crowley fan, I've always been. I tried to make a movie on his life a few years ago, but… — Johan Renck Always Copy Share Image
Working with friends isn't easy - the nature of an artistic project means it's about two strong visions colliding and a bit… — Johan Renck Art Copy Share Image
