A biography for Mads Mikkelsenhasn’t been written yet.
“I come from a culture where you don't divide it up to what you can do on TV and what you can do on film.”
“Sometimes we misunderstand what films can do. We just throw a whole book in there, with people just talking, talking, and talking. The picture can tell, the frame can tell.”
“I like to stay home with my family. But travel is good in a way. It makes you redefine each other each time you see each other. Also, it helps that I think my wife is the hottest woman in the world.”
“If you're not bruised up, then you're not doing an action film in a real way.”
“A solid family, as they say. They join me on location if they have a chance, but I can also be home three or four months doing nothing, so I probably see my kids more than people who work constantly all year long. If that changes, we'll have to have a family meeting.”
“I'm a beer man. I tried to drink whiskey and Scotch, but I don't get it. It smells like a girl who didn't shower and just splashed a lot of perfume on.”
“I did a crazy version of 'Romeo and Juliet' once, and I played Romeo.”
“If people need to be informed by lines, then there's no reason why the actor is saying the line except for information for the audience; I think there's something wrong.”
“I can be intense in a lot of ways, but not the way you see the guy in 'The Salvation.'”
“I was not into sci-fi, science fiction, at all. I was into some of the old pirate films with Burt Lancaster and stuff. I liked them.”
“I've always been extremely physical.”
“If David Bowie wants, I'll put him in my phone book.”
“Predominantly I'm an Adidas guy who walks around in sports gear all the time because there's always a ball right next to me somewhere. I do a lot of sports, but I do enjoy wearing a lot of suits.”
“One thing I can say about the French language is that no one in the world loves their language as much as they do. It doesn't matter if you're close - it still sounds terrible to their ears.”
“I choose work with the people I like to work with.”
“In a way, we tried to make 'The Salvation' a contemporary film with contemporary emotions. At the same time, in the script, you get a feel that all the small talk is not a part of our universe. It's more precise talk.”
“I've always been interested in strange foods, coming from all different places.”
“The day before I was famous in Denmark, nobody looked my way. The day after, everybody wanted to talk to me.”
“There's no such thing as easy, but it's easier when a script is good.”
“I tend not to have any references to anything. I just jump into the script in front of me. If you reference too much, you have no idea if the performances are right.”