A biography for Nikolaj Coster-Waldauhasn’t been written yet.
“Ever since I was a kid, I always wanted to be an actor.”
“Personally, I think fidelity is important. I don't see any point in being together if you're not being honest, having fun together, and respecting one another. Why would you stay in a relationship otherwise?”
“Abusive relationships go on and on. You're in it for so long that it can almost be impossible to see it for what it is. That just becomes your life. We get used to and adapt.”
“One thing George R. R. Martin does is surprising things to main characters. But he says so himself.”
“I love skiing.”
“When I was first told about 'Game of Thrones,' I didn't know the books, anything. So I read the pilot, and when I got the first script, it was clear the story was about these people and families and a constant battle for power.”
“I'm a fan of great storytelling.”
“All actors tend to be the same messed-up people.”
“I actually read somewhere that they measured how many calories you burn from watching movies, and horror movies are way, way up the list.”
“Tina Fey's autobiography is very, very funny and very well written. It's her life story: it's about how she grows up in New York. There's no obvious reason why I should enjoy this - I mean, this is the autobiography of a woman in her early 40s in New York. I'm a guy from a small town in Denmark.”
“When someone you love is in pain, you want to do anything to comfort them.”
“I would be very wrong to charge anyone to watch me dance or sing.”
“I work a lot abroad and have the most wonderful family and kids, but being away, you do miss out sometimes. I really hope I won't regret the choices in the future.”
“I always wanted to be an actor, but I just never told anyone. I had this superstition that if I said it out loud, it wouldn't come true.”
“There are so many things to do in New York. I try to get to the theater and see some plays. I have a bicycle over here, and I ride around New York.”
“I'm a fan of Ed Norton.”
“I was 15 or 16 when I first saw 'Once Upon A Time In America,' so I was quite young, but I was completely blown away.”
“Horrible things happen all our lives; we all experience loss and death and trauma. Usually, most people, I think, we just get on with it. We don't have a whole soliloquy in the middle of something.”
“I did a network show in the U.S. before, and I loved it, but you have eight days to shoot an episode, and it's just a ridiculous pace.”
“There's something liberating about watching someone not following the rules.”