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Alexander Skarsgard
Swedish
Actor
Born:
Aug 25
,
1976
Because
Good
Me
People
Think
You
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All the characters I play are all inside of me in a way, and they're all different, the darkness, the lightness, whatever that is.
Alexander Skarsgard
Me
Darkness
Whatever
Way
Characters
Inside
Lightness
Different
Play
I'm not interested in parts where they are looking for a good-looking guy. I want to be a weird little sidekick in a crazy comedy and then play like a dark drama or a thriller.
Alexander Skarsgard
Crazy
Dark
Comedy
Looking
Drama
Sidekick
Guy
Thriller
Weird
Good-Looking
Like
Parts
Where
Want
Not Interested
Interested
Little
Then
Play
I've always been interested in those Orwellian dystopian novels, like 'Fahrenheit 451,' 'Brave New World,' and obviously Orwell's '1984.'
Alexander Skarsgard
World
Those
New
Like
Obviously
Always
Been
Brave
Brave New World
New World
Interested
Dystopian
Novels
Orwell
I grew up in a very urban, bohemian family where everyone was a hippie or a pacifist. It was artistically and intellectually stimulating, but they were definitely not into outdoor sports or activities.
Alexander Skarsgard
Family
Sports
Everyone
Definitely
Outdoor
Hippie
Stimulating
Were
Intellectually
Up
Very
Where
Grew
Pacifist
Urban
Bohemian
Activities
As an actor, what's interesting is what's hidden away beneath the surface. You want to be like a duck on a pond - very calm on the surface but paddling away like crazy underneath.
Alexander Skarsgard
Crazy
You
Calm
Beneath
Hidden
Like
Like A Duck
Underneath
Surface
Duck
Very
Want
Pond
Interesting
Paddling
Actor
Away
I'm from Sweden. We don't wear clothes in Sweden.
Alexander Skarsgard
Clothes
Wear
Sweden
I have to be careful because there is something destructive within me, I think, and I can have a tendency to just search for the kicks. I can't really get too close to someone who's too destructive, or too dark, because then I might go down the rabbit hole myself.
Alexander Skarsgard
Myself
Me
Dark
Down
Think
Too
Kicks
Destructive
Be Careful
Someone
Something
Tendency
Because
Within
Go
Close
Get
Just
Hole
Rabbit
Might
Then
Really
Search
Careful
When you're in the public eye, we all feel like we're constantly observed, so we don't let things out. Anger, sadness, happiness - when does that come out? Maybe when you're in traffic, because you're in the safety of your little metallic bubble.
Alexander Skarsgard
Happiness
You
Anger
Sadness
Safety
Eye
Out
Constantly
Bubble
Observed
Feel
Come
Like
Because
Does
Metallic
Traffic
Maybe
Public
Little
Public Eye
Your
Things
It's difficult to get to know a Swede. But once you do, you're in.
Alexander Skarsgard
You
Difficult
Once
Know
Get
My plan was never to be an actor like my father.
Alexander Skarsgard
Father
Never
Like
Plan
Actor
You can never connect on a deeper level if you idolise someone - you don't see the real person.
Alexander Skarsgard
You
See
Someone
Never
Real
Person
Real Person
Connect
Deeper
Deeper Level
Level
I wasn't like a Hollywood child actor - 'I'm five! I can sing, I can dance, I can act! I wanna be a star!'
Alexander Skarsgard
Dance
Like
Sing
Five
Child
Child Actor
Wanna
Hollywood
Act
Star
Actor
As a teenager, I didn't want to be an actor at all.
Alexander Skarsgard
Teenager
Want
Actor
It was always chaos with Mom, Dad, uncles, you know; we all lived in the same building. Dinner parties with 25 people every night.
Alexander Skarsgard
Mom
You
People
Dinner
Building
Every
Chaos
Dinner Parties
Uncles
Know
Parties
Always
Same
Dad
Lived
Every Night
Night
Routines, or lack thereof, are a pretty good way to get to know someone.
Alexander Skarsgard
Good
Way
Pretty
Pretty Good
Someone
Good Way
Know
Get
Lack
Thereof
Routines
I'm definitely a city kid.
Alexander Skarsgard
Kid
Definitely
City
On a global scale, the way Trump talks about dealing with foreign policy is very scary.
Alexander Skarsgard
Way
Scale
About
Scary
Global
Policy
Talks
Dealing
Foreign
Foreign Policy
Trump
Very
'True Blood' was the most amazing adventure of my life; I met some of my best friends.
Alexander Skarsgard
Life
Best
Amazing
My Life
Met
Some
True
Adventure
True Blood
Most
Most Amazing
Blood
Friends
There are a lot of Swedes in Hollywood in general. We have a tendency to know each other and help each other out.
Alexander Skarsgard
Other
Out
General
Tendency
Know
Lot
Hollywood
Help
Each
I don't really have a three-year plan or a five-year plan. I don't know what's next, and that's what I find quite exciting. I dig it.
Alexander Skarsgard
Dig
Find
Three-Year
Exciting
Know
Five-Year
Quite
Plan
Really
Next
To me, when I watch movies, it's always fun to watch the bad cop or the bad guy.
Alexander Skarsgard
Me
Bad
Bad Guy
Guy
Always
Movies
Fun
Cop
Watch
I'm not saying everything in Sweden is perfect, because it's not. But it is interesting having grown up in a social democratic country such as Sweden and then watching what's going on in the U.S. and the income disparity.
Alexander Skarsgard
Saying
Country
Everything
Having
Perfect
Democratic
Democratic Country
Because
Up
Going
Interesting
Social
Then
Sweden
Disparity
Grown
Income
Grown-Up
Watching
To go from 'Generation Kill,' which is a very real, dark, gritty series, to 'True Blood,' which is flamboyant, crazy, way out there... I couldn't ask for two better jobs.
Alexander Skarsgard
Crazy
Generation
Dark
Better
Gritty
Way
Out
Jobs
True
True Blood
Real
Go
Blood
Very
Flamboyant
Which
Ask
Series
Two
When people stare at you, and you read about yourself in papers - at 13, it just got very confusing. I thought that if this is what it's like to be famous, I don't like it one bit.
Alexander Skarsgard
You
Yourself
People
Thought
Bit
Papers
About
Like
Read
Got
Very
Just
Famous
Confusing
Stare
People don't know much about what's going on on the ground in Iraq: what you see in the media is heavily censored.
Alexander Skarsgard
You
People
See
About
Know
Iraq
Going
Censored
Much
Ground
Media
I spent a summer in Texas when I was eight, in Fredericksburg, which is, like, real Texas. It's, like, cowboys and stuff. That was my first time in the States, and I was eight years old. It was also the first time I tasted Dr. Pepper, which blew my mind.
Alexander Skarsgard
Time
Old
Mind
First
Summer
Spent
States
Pepper
Stuff
Like
Blew
Also
First Time
Real
Years
Texas
Cowboys
Tasted
Eight
Which
Dr
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