1590 quotes by swedish authors for you to enjoy

I think South Korea was one of the best shows I've ever done in my whole life. The people there were crazy. It was literally Beatlemania. Jens Lekman

Life Best Crazy People Think Korea Were South South Korea Done Literally Whole Shows Ever

I think a lot of my anxieties and fears are things that are very abstract. Jens Lekman

Fears Think Abstract Lot Very Anxieties Things

The whole thing with playing on a stage with mics and all that has always been kind of uncomfortable to me. Jens Lekman

Me Stage Kind Uncomfortable Always Been Whole Thing Playing

Getting my hair cut is just a very special moment for me. I don't know exactly why, but it's such an intimate, almost religious experience. I'm very careful with who gets to cut my hair. Jens Lekman

Me Experience Hair Intimate Religious Exactly Religious Experience Almost Know Very Gets Getting Just Cut Special Moment Who Why Careful

My father is American and deserted the Vietnam War. Joel Kinnaman

War Father American Vietnam Vietnam War Deserted

I love watching Samuel L. Jackson do anything, but for me, Gary Oldman is the grandmaster of the game. Joel Kinnaman

Love Me Game Jackson Anything Samuel Gary Gary Oldman Watching

It's very nice to be in a show where your vanity is completely out of the picture. Joel Kinnaman

Picture Nice Out Vanity Very Where Your Show

I'm not a method actor per se, but if I'm playing a character that, at its core of its persona, has experiences I don't have, I try to search out and get firsthand experiences of similar sorts so I have something to fantasize about. Joel Kinnaman

Character Try Out Per About Similar Something Sort Firsthand Method Method Actor Persona Get Experiences Fantasize Search Actor Playing Core

We are all a unique person with everyone we meet. Joel Kinnaman

Meet Everyone Person Unique

Swedes are a really humble and shy people in many ways, but I think it's pretty much the same as in the U.S. Little girls want to take photographs with me at lunch. Joel Kinnaman

Me Humble People Girl Lunch Think Ways Photographs Pretty Take Same Want Little Little Girls Much Really Many Shy Shy People

We don't know why we are here and the context of our role in the universe, and the thought of an infinite universe. It's something the human mind can't really grasp. It's statistically impossible that there's not life on other planets. Joel Kinnaman

Life Impossible Mind Thought Universe Other Our Something Know Context Role Infinite Human Really Planets Human Mind Grasp Why Here

'The Killing' has a really great combination of qualities: Even though it's very sad and deals with mourning and grief, it's still exciting. It's about real people and it doesn't shy from the painful points of life. Joel Kinnaman

In Sweden, I went to an English school, where there was a mishmash of people from all over the world. Some were diplomatic kids with a lot of money, some were ghetto kids who came up from the suburbs, and I grew up in between. There's a community of second generation immigrants, and I became part of that because I had an American father. Joel Kinnaman

Generation People World Money School Father Community Ghetto Kids Immigrants Diplomatic Some Had Part Between Over Became Because Came Were Lot Up American Where Grew In-Between Suburbs Sweden English Who English School Second

I have a lot of funny friends, and we joke a lot, but I've never really played comedic parts. Joel Kinnaman

Funny Joke Never Comedic Parts Lot Friends Really Played

The original 'RoboCop' was X-rated, and then they had to cut it down so it became R-rated, and Verhoeven claimed that actually made the movie more violent, because it's what you don't see that actually scares you. Joel Kinnaman

You Made Down Claimed See Scares More Had Became Because Movie Cut Then Original Actually Violent

The north of Sweden is very socialist and poor. They feel left out and despise Stockholm in many ways because Stockholm has become new liberals and much more Americanized. Joel Kinnaman

Become Despise Liberals Ways Out More Feel New Because Left Very Stockholm North Poor Much Sweden Many Americanized Socialist

I would like to be able to do as many of my own stunts where I can. Joel Kinnaman

Own Would Able My Own Like Stunts Where Many

Jose Padilha is a wonderful director. Joel Kinnaman

Director Wonderful

Danish is a different language, even though Danish people understand Swedes, and very few Swedes understand Danish. Joel Kinnaman

People Language Few Danish Though Understand Very Different Different Language Even

In terms of whether my mom was influential, I think she instilled a certain way of thinking in me quite early: having a reflective mindset regarding my actions and trying to find the underlying reasons to behavior. I think that's quite helpful when you're trying to understand a character. Joel Kinnaman

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My parents got married when I was 12. Joel Kinnaman

Parents Married Got

I'm a pretty good chess player. Joel Kinnaman

Good Pretty Pretty Good Chess Player

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