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Mads Mikkelsen
Mads Mikkelsen
Danish Actor
Born: Nov 22, 1965
About Me People Time Work You
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I fancy myself at being pretty good at understanding a script and finding the weaknesses, and then making them more radical than they are. People tend to listen to me. Mads Mikkelsen
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I always work with the tempo of the energy of the character, whether he's fast or slow, or heavy or light. Mads Mikkelsen
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I haven't watched that much TV, to be honest. To be honest, I don't watch that many films anymore - partly because I don't have time; secondly, because I watch a lot of sports, and I love watching sports. Mads Mikkelsen
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I was very energetic and very small. I didn't start growing until the last year of high school. Mads Mikkelsen
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If I was doing 'The Hunt' constantly, I would get very old, very fast. Mads Mikkelsen
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I go to the pub, hang out with my family - that's pretty much it. I also do a lot of sports when I get the chance. I'm actually a pretty mellow guy. Mads Mikkelsen
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I always wanted to play some kind of instrument - piano, saxophone, whatever. I took it up for a while, then forgot about it because I didn't have the time. Mads Mikkelsen
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I did a crazy version of 'Romeo and Juliet' once, and I played Romeo. Mads Mikkelsen
Crazy Once Juliet Version Did Romeo Romeo And Juliet Played
I do read some of the scripts from America and, even though the themes or subject of the film is very interesting, and some of the scenes are very interesting, there is a tendency that they have to explain everything. There will be no dilemma. Mads Mikkelsen
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If I do my very best, then the camera and the audience will follow me, and eventually they will somehow feel like I feel. I don't have to show it to them. I don't have to speak it out loud. Mads Mikkelsen
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Awards mean absolutely nothing if you don't get it. If you do get it, they're the best thing in the world. Mads Mikkelsen
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Once you do one bad guy, usually all you get offered is bad guys. But I've been able to do different things. Mads Mikkelsen
You Once Bad Able Bad Guy Bad Guys Guy Guys Been Offered Get Different Different Things Things
A solid family, as they say. They join me on location if they have a chance, but I can also be home three or four months doing nothing, so I probably see my kids more than people who work constantly all year long. If that changes, we'll have to have a family meeting. Mads Mikkelsen
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I know a little about Greek mythology. It's not that far away from the Nordic mythology. Mads Mikkelsen
About Mythology Know Greek Greek Mythology Little Far Far Away Away
I like 'The Three Musketeers.' I like those kind of cool things where they were having a robe and a sword. Mads Mikkelsen
Three Those Kind Having Like Robe Were Where Cool Sword Things
I love working back home, but it is a small country, and we do get tired of watching each other. Mads Mikkelsen
Love Home Tired Country Other Back Small Small Country Get Working Each Watching
It was never a plan to be an actor. Mads Mikkelsen
Never Plan Actor
When I was a kid, I wasn't looking at the small-budget films myself. I was looking at 'James Bond' and all the major films, so I still have that energy. I still love those films. Mads Mikkelsen
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The problem is that you can't really read a script saying, 'Hmmm, I'll just see what this is.' You have to go right into it; you have to get engaged with it, and once you are engaged, you want to do it! It's really difficult to get uninvolved. Mads Mikkelsen
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We were in love with 'Mean Streets' and 'Taxi Driver.' We had no idea why nothing remotely like that was done in Denmark. Mads Mikkelsen
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I'm very proud of 'Valhalla Rising.' Mads Mikkelsen
Rising Proud Very
We have no chance to comprehend what goes on there - it's so dramatic, and people are so poor. We all felt bad about being there. Filming in India felt like we were going to borrow something knowing that we were never going to give it back. Mads Mikkelsen
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The day before I was famous in Denmark, nobody looked my way. The day after, everybody wanted to talk to me. Mads Mikkelsen
Day Me Before Everybody Way Nobody Looked Talk Denmark Famous Wanted After
I was into sports and swimming as a kid and didn't spend a whole lot of time sitting down. I was a gymnast. Mads Mikkelsen
Time Sports Down Swimming Spend Kid Gymnast Lot Sitting Whole
I never even thought about being an actor. Somebody asked me if I'd like to learn the craft, and I said, 'Okay.' I was a gymnast in a show at that time, and somebody asked me afterwards one night. I performed as a gymnast for nine years, and then I did acting after that. Mads Mikkelsen
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I have an older brother who is an actor as well. Mads Mikkelsen
Older Brother Well Who Older Brother Actor
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