144 Quotes by Stellan Skarsgard

Even with limited success as an actor, you usually have a more interesting life than in many other professions, so it's not an unreasonable choice.

My father used to stress that he valued us all as individuals, but that no one in the world was worth more or less than anyone else. This was a good principle to establish in a large family.

Everybody thinks I'm so serious and the dark side is very accessible to me, so of course it's a challenge to do something funny.

If I ever lose a job because I've talked about being an atheist, then I don't want that job.

When you work in Norway, you actually have to have a contract about lunches because Norwegians don't eat lunch normally, so they just throw out a loaf of bread and some coldcuts.

Kenneth Branagh is one of the funniest directors on the set. You laugh a lot. He's very skillful.

I only did 'Thor' because it was Kenneth Branagh directing, but I enjoyed it much more than I thought I would.

It's not in the tradition: not even the schoolkids have hot lunches in Norway. They bring a couple of sandwiches from home.

Maybe there is something specifically Scandinavian that comes out of the long, dark winters - you have to learn to laugh at misery, in a way.