Lasse Hallstrom Quotes

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• To see my wife getting inspired from my notes and thoughts, going in the direction I wanted, and have her surprise me with wonderful choices…
• A film that is bleached tends to have a more realistic quality.
• ABBA: The Movie; I got a lot of grief for working on that.
• But I notice that there is a lack of darkness in my movies and I don't know where that comes from.
• But now I wish I could back to Stockholm to make international films there.
• I always need a couple of highlights to really spark the passion for a project.
• I always try to preserve my cinematographic style, even while I work in the US. I wish to always be European.
• I am always more interested in performance and character depiction, and my direction says as much.
• I can't go back and label myself as an outcast because I was a pretty well-adjusted kid, but I can certainly relate to the feeling…
• I discovered the 7th art at home when I was kid, through Charlie Chaplin's movies and those of my father who shot documentaries. He was…
• I feel the need to work with my wife, Lena Olin, again.
• I got to work with my wife, Lena Olin, for the first time, which was great. I thought it might be difficult in some way…
• I love involving actors at all levels - and they have to know that I want to hear their contributions, with dialogue, with story suggestions,…
• I made all their videos, apart from the last two, so if you ever see an Abba video on TV then it’s my stuff.
• I love mixing amateurs and professionals.
• Its just, for me, the natural standard: a woman should be able to decide over her own body.
• I imagined that it might be awkward to talk to your wife about her performance, so going into it I was a little nervous. But…
• My films do have characters who have trouble escaping the world around them.
• It was important on The Shipping News to have my house far enough away from each location so I had this time in the morning…
• I'm on this diet where you're supposed to eat only fish and meat.

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