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Stellan Skarsgard
Swedish
Actor
Born:
Jun 13
,
1951
Actor
Because
Director
Good
Work
You
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I really enjoy being part of the Marvel Universe. It's a cool bunch of people to work with, and they know what they're doing.
Stellan Skarsgard
Work
People
Enjoy
Universe
Marvel
Part
Know
Doing
Bunch
Being
Really
Cool
Any society that starts forbidding certain words or expressions is a society you should be wary about, whether it's the KGB or social consensus that enforces it.
Stellan Skarsgard
You
Words
Society
Starts
About
Forbidding
Any
Whether
Social
Social Consensus
Certain
Should
Wary
Expressions
Consensus
Even with limited success as an actor, you usually have a more interesting life than in many other professions, so it's not an unreasonable choice.
Stellan Skarsgard
Life
Success
You
Other
More
Unreasonable
Limited
Than
Interesting
Interesting Life
Choice
Many
Even
Actor
Professions
When you have kids, you see what's important.
Stellan Skarsgard
You
Important
Kids
See
Of course, working with Halle Berry is fantastic. Every day, you're looking at a performance that you would be prepared to pay to watch. She's truly great and truthful, and it's a joy.
Stellan Skarsgard
Day
Great
You
Every Day
Joy
Looking
Pay
Every
Berry
Would
Would-Be
Be Prepared
Performance
She
Course
Halle
Halle Berry
Truly
Truthful
Fantastic
Working
Prepared
Watch
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.
Stellan Skarsgard
Good
Happy
Films
Take
Make
Does
Always
Very
Controversial
Anything
Flatter
Hollywood
Film
Away
Good Film
How many big American films do you see where the heroine has no vanity whatsoever?
Stellan Skarsgard
You
Big
Films
Heroine
See
Vanity
How
American
Whatsoever
Where
Many
Very often, it's the director that I'm attracted to. If it's a really good director, I don't even have to read the script to say yes.
Stellan Skarsgard
Good
Director
Say
Attracted
Read
Yes
Very
Often
Script
Really
Even
Good Director
It's a disease we have that we think that everything is explainable. It's a merchandising idea because you can sell explanations and cures for everything, but it doesn't work like that. It's very hard to understand everything.
Stellan Skarsgard
Work
You
Think
Everything
Merchandising
Idea
Like
Because
Understand
Sell
Very
Cures
Disease
Explanations
Hard
My performance is totally dependent on what the other actors are doing.
Stellan Skarsgard
Other
Totally
Performance
Doing
Dependent
Actor
We were working under very harsh conditions on 'Zero Kelvin.' We were up there in the Arctic, closer to the North Pole than to a hospital. Sometimes you had to sleep in small Arctic tents with guns to protect yourself from polar bears and stuff.
Stellan Skarsgard
You
Yourself
Sometimes
Harsh
Guns
Arctic
Small
Bears
Hospital
Had
Polar
Stuff
Pole
Protect
Were
Conditions
Up
Very
Than
North
Closer
North Pole
Working
Zero
Sleep
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.
Stellan Skarsgard
Character
Pressure
Past
Characters
Kind
Would
Lid
Simmer
Throughout
Also
Call
Left
Role
Any
Where
Movie
Fun
Play
Some directors are interested in acting, and others are only interested in cranes and moving the camera.
Stellan Skarsgard
Others
Some
Only
Directors
Camera
Interested
Moving
Acting
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.
Stellan Skarsgard
Work
Good
You
Director
Before
Out
Always
Them
Then
Figure
Fill
Need
Most of my acting in general is about what's going on in the head, and the lines are just something that comes out.
Stellan Skarsgard
Out
About
Something
General
Head
Most
Lines
Going
Just
Just Something
Acting
I'm so full of useless information; I'm the kind of person that collects useless information. I like to know everything!
Stellan Skarsgard
Everything
Kind
Like
Know
Person
Information
Full
Useless
I did a Norwegian film called 'Insomnia' that was remade and that was a good remake by a good director, so I'm honoured.
Stellan Skarsgard
Good
Director
Honoured
Insomnia
Remade
Remake
Did
Norwegian
Good Director
Film
I wanted to get the opportunity to do what actresses do: play the inside of a person.
Stellan Skarsgard
Opportunity
Inside
Person
Get
Wanted
Actress
Play
I grew up in a family where you were allowed to say anything; you were allowed to show weakness... I have no problems talking about anything, basically. But at the same time, I know I'm different than a woman.
Stellan Skarsgard
Time
Family
You
Woman
Problems
Say
Weakness
About
No Problems
Allowed
Know
Talking
Were
Up
Than
Same
Same Time
Where
Different
Grew
Anything
Show
Basically
I mean... mankind has for hundreds of years known that torture is not a very smart way to get information. It's horrible that we're going back to medieval times.
Stellan Skarsgard
Smart
Back
Hundreds
Way
Hundreds Of Years
Torture
Horrible
Known
Years
Very
Times
Get
Going
Information
Mean
Mankind
Medieval
There's so many films made out of bad books, and I don't have time for those.
Stellan Skarsgard
Time
Made
Films
Books
Those
Out
Bad
Many
For 'Avengers,' in the Albuquerque desert, we shot New York there. And I was standing on a platform, nine feet high... and it was the rooftop of a skyscraper in New York. And it was all desert around me!
Stellan Skarsgard
Me
Nine
High
New
Feet
Around
York
New York
Avengers
Shot
Standing
Skyscraper
Platform
Desert
You learn a lot from kids.
Stellan Skarsgard
You
Kids
Learn
Lot
A film doesn't exist until it meets its audience.
Stellan Skarsgard
Meets
Until
Audience
Exist
Film
Man is such an amazing animal, and the possibilities are infinite for each person.
Stellan Skarsgard
Man
Animal
Amazing
Possibilities
Person
Infinite
Each
I am not only lucky to be an actor, but I am lucky to be one of the most privileged actors in the world because I can do all kinds of films and genres and everything.
Stellan Skarsgard
World
Films
Everything
Kinds
Only
Most
Genres
Because
Am
Privileged
Lucky
Actor
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