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Movies are made for people to pay and go see them.
Johan Renck
People
Made
Pay
See
Go
Movies
Them
I like being out on a limb and not know what we're doing and why: just deal with it, the mayhem, you know?
Johan Renck
You
Out
Like
Know
Limb
Deal
Doing
Just
Mayhem
Being
Why
I don't like fun stuff.
Johan Renck
Stuff
Like
Fun
Fun Stuff
The first time I went behind the camera was in 1993. I felt, 'This is my thing,' and I knew that someday I'd make a feature.
Johan Renck
Time
First
Someday
Feature
Knew
Make
Felt
First Time
Camera
Behind
Thing
I grew up all over the world, including countries such as Sweden, Norway, U.S.A., and Kuwait.
Johan Renck
World
Countries
Over
Kuwait
Up
Norway
Grew
Sweden
Including
I started out as musician and recording artist but quite soon started to do my own videos. One thing led to another, and soon I was making videos for a living.
Johan Renck
Videos
Recording
Own
Living
Musician
Out
One Thing
My Own
Recording Artist
Soon
Another
Making
Led
Artist
Quite
Thing
Started
With my years of promos & commercials, I actually have a massive amount of experience with regards to production. There pretty much isn't one thing I haven't tried at least once.
Johan Renck
Experience
Once
One Thing
Tried
Pretty
Massive
Least
Years
Commercials
Regards
Much
Production
Actually
Thing
Amount
Working with friends isn't easy - the nature of an artistic project means it's about two strong visions colliding and a bit of mental wrestling.
Johan Renck
Nature
Strong
Project
Bit
Visions
Easy
About
Mental
Wrestling
Friends
Artistic
Working
Means
Two
I'm drawn to stuff with a certain darkness, and darkness with beauty within it.
Johan Renck
Darkness
Beauty
Drawn
Stuff
Within
Certain
Brits are very, very expressive, whereas the Soviet and Eastern European way is much more stern, stone-faced. Vladimir Putin-esque in some way.
Johan Renck
Brits
Way
Eastern
Some
More
Stern
Very
Soviet
Whereas
Much
European
Expressive
I'm a huge Crowley fan, I've always been. I tried to make a movie on his life a few years ago, but we didn't manage to put it together.
Johan Renck
Life
Together
Few
Tried
Put
Make
Always
Been
His
Years
Years Ago
Huge
Manage
Movie
Fan
I've never been one to talk analytically about a music video or whatever I do.
Johan Renck
Music
Whatever
Analytically
Music Video
About
Never
Talk
Been
Video
When you're young, and you're doing stuff, you're making music, directing, making art, it's all future directed. You want to change stuff onward. And when you get older - this applies to me - you think about the things you want to do and how it will be perceived by your children one day.
Johan Renck
Music
Future
Art
Day
Me
You
Change
Will
Young
Older
Think
One Day
About
Perceived
Directed
Directing
Onward
Stuff
How
Making
Doing
Get
Children
Want
Your
Things
I'm Swedish. Sweden is known for its melancholia.
Johan Renck
Known
Sweden
Swedish
I'm drawn to the dark but not the nihilistic aspects, the relentless parts, of darkness.
Johan Renck
Dark
Darkness
Relentless
Drawn
Parts
Aspects
I wish I was really talented in music because then I would be doing it. I felt that I could write a decent song, but it was a big struggle.
Johan Renck
Music
Struggle
Song
Wish
Big
Would
Would-Be
Could
Write
Talented
Because
Felt
Doing
Decent
Then
Really
I've never been a frustrated person because I learnt at a very young age that the frustration I had inside of me had to do with creativity and the ability to transform that into action. I realized very early my restlessness had to be channelled into things I could do.
Johan Renck
Me
Age
Creativity
Frustration
Young
Action
Inside
Ability
Restlessness
Could
Never
Had
Because
Learnt
Been
Very
Person
Young Age
Transform
Frustrated
Realized
Things
Early
I'm very impatient, and I'm very curious.
Johan Renck
Impatient
Very
Curious
Mode of providing steam power to locomotives.
John Ericsson
Power
Steam
Providing
Mode
I think I've become more aware of aging in the last couple of years because of friends dying of cancer or friends' parents dying and myself - I'm still healthy, but I'm aging, and that's something that I think about more, even though I shouldn't be too concerned.
Jose Gonzalez
Myself
Cancer
Parents
Become
Healthy
Think
Too
Though
About
Something
More
Couple
Concerned
Because
Still
Years
Friends
Dying
Aging
Even
Aware
Last
I speak Swedish, it's my first language. Of course, growing up with Latin American parents from Argentina, I also have some other influences from other cultures. But Sweden is where I feel the most at home.
Jose Gonzalez
Home
Speak
Language
Parents
First
Other
Latin
Latin American
Some
Argentina
Feel
Most
Also
Course
Cultures
Up
American
Where
Influences
Sweden
Swedish
Growing
Growing Up
I always start with the music and then try to figure out what I want to write about lyrically.
Jose Gonzalez
Music
Try
Lyrically
Out
About
Write
Always
Want
Then
Figure
Start
It was a big surprise when I started to get attention in Sweden, going from biochemistry studies to touring and living from music only. There were a couple of years while I went to university when I was OK with thinking of music as just a nice recreation.
Jose Gonzalez
Music
Big
Nice
Living
Thinking
OK
Only
Recreation
Studies
Touring
Attention
Couple
Surprise
Were
Years
Get
Going
Just
Big Surprise
While
Sweden
Biochemistry
Started
University
I guess I am actually quite shy, and I've always felt very self-conscious during interviews.
Jose Gonzalez
Guess
Interviews
Self-Conscious
Felt
Always
Am
Very
Quite
Actually
Shy
If you're not critical about your history, that can be a problem because there are religious leaders, politicians and all kinds of powerful people who can take advantage of a population that isn't really thinking.
Jose Gonzalez
History
You
People
Problem
Take Advantage
Politicians
Thinking
Critical
Religious
Kinds
Religious Leaders
About
Take
Leaders
Advantage
Powerful
Powerful People
Because
Really
Your
Who
Population
I always like when things are loosely based on real events. That always makes it more interesting because there's a lot of research you can do.
Katia Winter
You
Events
Research
More
Like
Because
Loosely
Makes
Always
Real
Lot
Interesting
Based
Things
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