149 Quotes by Mads Mikkelsen

I think the meaning of life is life itself. We don't necessarily want to know what it is, but we want to live it. Hopefully, we'll go out fast without knowing it.

I'd rather be voted 'the sexiest man in Denmark' than 'the ugliest man in Denmark'.

I do read some of the scripts from America and, even though the themes or subject of the film is very interesting, and some of the scenes are very interesting, there is a tendency that they have to explain everything. There will be no dilemma. This guy was evil, and this girl was very sweet. And in the end, we'd have to see eight endings because we'd also have to know what happened to the uncle. It's like, "Are you kidding me?!"

If you're playing the bad guy, you have to find what you like about them.

If you believe in Odin and Thor, people laugh themselves to death. While it's okay to believe in a man who turned water into wine, and walked on water

I'm a big fan of film for one reason: because it is visual.

If you spend a week at a casino you will very easily see that people have a certain way of behaving in a casino.

I've always been extremely physical.

I tend not to have any references to anything. I just jump into the script in front of me. If you reference too much, you have no idea if the performances are right.