Noomi Rapace

I like doing fight scenes. I always have, and I insist on doing as much of that action as they'll let me…

— Noomi Rapace

I'd much rather work with people that are tricky and difficult than people that just say yes to everything.

— Noomi Rapace

So I kind of lost track for a while, then I came back, I pulled myself together and I decided when I…

— Noomi Rapace

In Sweden everybody has this perfect surface. Everyones very polite and controls their feelings.

— Noomi Rapace

I always push myself, even when I did a film where it was pretty much me the whole film.

— Noomi Rapace

I can't see any value in being a celebrity, famous for being famous.

— Noomi Rapace

I want to explore more sides of humanity and myself. That's what acting is about.

— Noomi Rapace

I think it's always the emotional situations that are more tricky to nail and get into because I don't want to pretend.

— Noomi Rapace

I don't look at myself on the outside. Sometimes you feel like you're not really there and need one more [take], because…

— Noomi Rapace

I think most gypsies all over the world are used to being not really welcome and always on the run, expecting people…

— Noomi Rapace

I'm obsessed with the human psyche. I want to understand. I want to ask myself if I have it inside me.

— Noomi Rapace

Some directors can tell stories and it becomes very intimate and small, and it's almost like a secret. Some directors have the…

— Noomi Rapace

I want actors. I want to be with other people. I don't wanna be alone, because of the connection when you're in…

— Noomi Rapace

We need more extreme movies in Sweden.Personal projects that are necessarily made for a bigger audience. I think it creates a creative…

— Noomi Rapace

With most movies I've done before, I've done a lot of preparation. I've known about them long before [shooting], and I've prepped…

— Noomi Rapace

My husband, when I was filming the Millennium movies, he asked me, `How far are you going and when are you coming…

— Noomi Rapace

The weird thing is that, with actors, filmmakers and directors, it doesn't really matter if it's Robert Downey Jr., who's one of…

— Noomi Rapace

I never felt alone. I always felt like we were sharing it together somehow, and he has this very dry humor, and…

— Noomi Rapace

Its trickier for me to do the smaller, more personal emotional scenes. I hate to pretend, and never want to be pretending.…

— Noomi Rapace

For me, artists and people that are passionate are fighting for what they believe in and what they want, and that's always…

— Noomi Rapace

When I was a teenager, I was like, Something is wrong with me. I dont fit in. Im not like everybody else.…

— Noomi Rapace

When I don't understand things, I become passionate to understand.

— Noomi Rapace

It's better to not be afraid of things and not avoid things.

— Noomi Rapace

I think Stieg Larsson was pretty brave. He wanted to bring up things that we don't like to talk about, or like…

— Noomi Rapace

Sometimes you just want to go out and tell everybody everything because you're just so full of happiness. It's almost like you're…

— Noomi Rapace