Quotes from Stellan Skarsgard
I know how to cut meat, yeah. I know how to cook, basically.
- Stellan Skarsgard
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.
- Stellan Skarsgard
Lars von Trier is a very good storyteller. He's like an H. C. Andersen for adults.
- Stellan Skarsgard
The Sermon on the Mount is a very nice piece about being good, but most of the Bible is a very revengeful, childish, brutal God.
- Stellan Skarsgard
Norwegian kids, they grow up well educated in film. So they have a lot of good directors there.
- Stellan Skarsgard
When we did 'Breaking the Waves,' he had a sign on the wall that said, 'Make mistakes.'
- Stellan Skarsgard
I still live in Sweden. That's my base. When I'm not working, I'm there.
- Stellan Skarsgard
You always have to figure out what the director is good at before you work with them; then you can fill in if need be.
- Stellan Skarsgard
Very often, it's the director that I'm attracted to. If it's a really good director, I don't even have to read the script to say yes.
- Stellan Skarsgard
I've made six films for Disney, and they have a clause in their contracts called the morality clause that I've always refused to sign.
- Stellan Skarsgard
Even the most despicable person is still a human being.
- Stellan Skarsgard
I did a Norwegian film called 'Insomnia' that was remade and that was a good remake by a good director, so I'm honoured.
- Stellan Skarsgard