48 Quotes by Peter Stormare

I dislike those people that see an opera and say “Oh, they can’t act it. They just sing. It’s boring.” Lean back and just listen to the voices.

Storytelling is all about using the imagination, for me at least it is. That’s why I’m bored sometimes to see movies. I’m bored to see TV. I never see TV. I see news sometimes. I’m sorry to say, I work in this business and I love working in it, but I haven’t seen a movie in so many years.

There are some movies that I remember a couple of seconds and I want to carry those couple of seconds in my heart forever, or wherever it is, and that’s worth it.

I love to fantasize still, as I did as a little boy. If I see a movie, I want to fantasize about what it’s all about.

When you introduce a character and show him for the first time, don’t show him fully lit. Don’t show him one hundred percent to the audience. Show maybe fifty percent or sixty percent so the audience can fill in the dark spots.

I usually say I might have a talent or I’m lacking a talent, because everyday, I must tell you, I thank whatever is up there or out there that I’m alive and that I get to do what I’m doing, and I think that sends off a lot of good vibrations in different directions.

I drive one car. I own one house. That's enough for me.

I don't ever want to have a job where I just punch a clock.

Sometimes you have to trust your guts and your instinct and improvise a little.