Johan Renck

“I've been working in television for a long time, and I know all aspects of television.”

“Being a police officer in America is a tough job.”

“I'm drawn to stuff with a certain darkness, and darkness with beauty within it.”

“The interest in character-driven content over narrative-driven ditto is increasing; that's why television steps in. Personally, I love it, since psychology and character, really, are my beacons.”

“Whenever I'm making a film, it has to be timeless.”

“I was a huge fan of this band called Sparks. It was a pretty good inauguration to music, since their music is quite complex.”

“I love Crowley for being an audacious man at certain point in time. I think he's greatly misunderstood. He was a good guy, but he was portrayed as an evil man, and he wasn't.”

“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.”

“All creation requires a scientific brain.”

“As a Scandinavian, I like hopelessness and the weird austerity in the hopelessness of things.”

“You'll find Swedes - maybe not as much as the Finns - thriving in melancholy.”