149 Quotes by Mads Mikkelsen

England and Denmark have a sense of irony and a darker sense of humour that you don't necessarily find in Germany and Sweden.

There's no such thing as easy, but it's easier when a script is good.

I've been watching 'Walking Dead' with my son, and there is absolutely nothing in there I find shocking, but it's cool, and I like it.

The script is always the main preparation for me. Sometimes you have a period piece where you have to research around it, but if the writers have done their homework well enough, the information is all in the script.

I've never been a big fan of making telepathy to the audience. That would be too much a wink in the eye. That would make people around me fools, right?

I've always been interested in strange foods, coming from all different places.

I've always been extremely physical. I was a gymnast for 15 years, and then I was a dancer for nine, so I was kind of looking for these parts. But we have a tendency in Denmark not to do many action films.

I vividly remember Charles Bronson's face in 'Chino.' The western genre is screaming for a face like that.

Sometimes you're trying your best and you still can't find a solution, but I try not to waste my life living in a dark place.