144 Quotes by Stellan Skarsgard

It's fun to play characters with a past, but it's also fun to play any role that is what I would call a 'pressure cooker' kind of character, where the lid is on, and it's left to simmer throughout the movie.

I'm not always happy when Hollywood does remakes of films, but that's usually when they have a very, very, very good film, and they take away anything controversial from it and make flatter.

The difference between an experienced director and a new director is not as big as the difference between individual directors, the temperament they have, and the things they're interested in.

Some directors are interested in acting, and others are only interested in cranes and moving the camera.

A film doesn't exist until it meets its audience.

You always have to figure out what the director is good at before you work with them; then you can fill in if need be.

I wanted to be a man who travelled the world to make peace. I didn't realise that most diplomats are megaphones for their governments.

Rupert Murdoch is in bed with Cameron. Of course they want to kill the BBC... anybody who is in the way.

When we did 'Breaking the Waves,' he had a sign on the wall that said, 'Make mistakes.'