Lena Olin

“Acting is a very strange job.”

“In Sweden, stardom is looked upon as phony. You walk to the theater every day like everybody else.”

“I consume music the way other people consume movies.”

“באמריקה יש הרבה דברים שאפשר להתפתות אליהם.”

“בשוודיה, כוכבים נתפסים כמזויפים. אתה הולך לתיאטרון כל יום כמו כל אחד אחר.”

“אני צורכת מוזיקה כמו שאנשים אחרים צורכים סרטים.”

“משחק זו עבודה מאוד מוזרה.”

“אני אוהבת את המצלמה; יש בזה משהו מאוד מיוחד וחושני, ויש לי נטייה לקרוא לזה הוא, כאילו זה היה גבר. אבל, בניגוד לגבר, מצלמה מקבלת את כל מה שאני עושה.”

“בחירת תפקיד זה דבר קשה מאוד. אין סיכוי שתהיה לך אסטרטגיה כלשהי.”

“כולם מסובכים בצורה כזו או אחרת. אבל זה מעניין לחפור בדמות מסובכת, לנסות למצוא את זה בתוך עצמך.”

“I was so full of joy, the happiest kid. Things changed. I don't want to talk about it. I needed attention. I was pathologically shy. I'd climb the highest tree or try to ski off the highest mountain. I'd get into fights. I wanted contact. I'd hit somebody, just for that.”

“By the time the discussion starts about a movie, it's like bringing up an old boyfriend. It's like, 'I don't even remember exactly what he was like, and now we have to talk about it?'”

“Choosing a role is very difficult. There's no way to have a strategy.”

“To be a good actor, you have to be very smart. But to be a great actor, you also have to have a streak of, 'I'm an idiot, a complete lunatic.'”

“I use myself for each part. Naturally, it's my body, it's my soul, it's my feelings. That's the only way I know how to work. I couldn't pretend.”

“It strikes me every time I do an interview that I don't really sit around thinking about my goals and my life and my career. I do what I love doing and I get a lot of feedback. I'm free as a bird, you know? If I do something good, it's, 'Wow, that was brilliant,' and if I do something bad, it just goes away.”

“It's important not to lay in a bubble bath drinking champagne. It's important to take part in what life's all about.”

“I love the camera; there's something very special and sensual about it, and I have a tendency to call it a he, like it was a man. But, unlike a man, a camera is accepting of everything I do.”

“I always sort of create practical problems so that I don't have to see a film I've just done. I'm too vulnerable, too fragile. People see your work, and there's nothing you can do. You're completely exposed.”

“My favorite thing to do is eat and eat well.”