A biography for Pilou Asbaekhasn’t been written yet.
“I did some theatre straight out of school, and it wasn't anything spectacular at all.”
“I was so irritated that people in Denmark considered me to be this serious guy who only did dramatic roles.”
“With 'A Hijacking' I didn't talk to anyone who had been hijacked, but with 'A War,' I talked to as many soldiers as possible trying to understand how is it in Afghanistan.”
“Films come and go. Families stay.”
“For me, it's very important that the people I'm working with are feeling happy.”
“I used to read reviews - I read a lot of the reviews when I did 'Borgen,' but the thing is, people were so harsh that I talked to my wife about it, and I said this is too tough - the people are too personal and too idiotic to understand it, in my mind.”
“I'm not a natural leader. If you see me in a room, I'm the guy standing in a corner hiding. I'm not an alpha male.”
“I like to do my own stunts, but sometimes you need a little bit of help.”
“One of the things I've learned from 'Borgen' is that it's very easy to criticise people; 'I hate this politician, I hate what they do.' You are doing this right now with Margaret Thatcher, but sometimes it's hard to be a politician. I'm not defending Margaret Thatcher, but we believe our statesmen are also human beings.”
“I do enjoy the Scottish way of playing football.”
“If it was up to me, we would eliminate close-ups and beautiful light and sound - because we want to go back to basics.”
“I'm trying to have a family and a career.”
“I think all interesting characters have some kind of a complex.”
“I'm not cynical. I cry at 'ET.' And 'Kung Fu Panda!'”
“It was great fun being part of a TV series that I'd been a fan of for five years. I've been watching it every single Monday when with my wife. It was like a ritual - every Monday night on HBO Nordic, we would watch 'Game of Thrones' together.”
“In 'A Hijacking,' the characters are low-status people.”
“I'm not in a position where I can pick and choose. It's the other way around. The studios pick and choose.”
“As a private person, I am maybe more 'Eurovision' than Kasper Juul.”
“It's always difficult when you're working with Mother Nature, because you need to adapt to that.”
“Life is not black and white; there is some gray nuance to it.”