A biography for Stellan Skarsgardhasn’t been written yet.
“Some directors are interested in acting, and others are only interested in cranes and moving the camera.”
“The distribution systems and the cinemas have adopted to the blockbusters, and they now get their main income from selling popcorn, and if you don't make a film that sells popcorn, it's very hard to get it out there.”
“I've been offered a lot of police series, but I'm very good at staying away from them. They're usually based on such a boring formula.”
“You could probably ask anyone who loves Fincher films, and they couldn't answer why.”
“Lars von Trier is a very good storyteller. He's like an H. C. Andersen for adults.”
“I've worked with Lars von Trier on many films, and there's always a female character that's like an open wound - everything just pours out of this person.”
“I did a Norwegian film called 'Insomnia' that was remade and that was a good remake by a good director, so I'm honoured.”
“Any society that starts forbidding certain words or expressions is a society you should be wary about, whether it's the KGB or social consensus that enforces it.”
“I can say yes to some directors without even reading a script. But the first-time directors I've worked with, the scripts have not been perfect, but they had something that I liked.”
“The way I look at humanity, I don't think there's good guys or bad guys. We're all potentially bad and potentially good.”
“I've got a lot of weaknesses. One of them is that I often get scared and tense when I'm working - and fear is one of the big threats to any good performance, because it closes you down and makes it harder for you to produce life in front of the camera.”
“I go where I think I can enjoy myself. Sometimes it's on a big movie, and sometimes it's even on a silly movie.”
“All directors are control freaks and very obsessive. I get the feeling that directors as kids, they all have had a childhood with not too much contact with other kids. They constructed their own reality and they continue to do it. It's a funny breed, directors.”
“Because of ignorance, I wasn't a big fan of Marvel. I hadn't read the magazines. They were not as big in Europe as they are in the United States. They're more a part of modern American mythology. I know more about the original Thor than the Marvel Thor.”
“Casting a film, you can have the greatest actors in a film and it doesn't work. It's a combination of all of the elements.”
“I said yes to 'Nymphomaniac' before it was written.”
“The first time I did a big American film, I was surprised by all the different financiers who came to the set and told the director what to do.”
“I only did 'Thor' because it was Kenneth Branagh directing, but I enjoyed it much more than I thought I would.”
“I like working with Kenneth Branagh.”
“There will always be storytelling, whether it's on the big silver screen, or it's your television or your iPhone or whatever, people will keep on telling stories.”