Stellan Skarsgard
Stellan Skarsgard
Stellan John Skarsgård; born 13 June 1951) is a Swedish actor. He is known for his roles as Jan Nyman in Breaking the Waves, Prof. Gerald Lambeau in Good Will Hunting, Bootstrap Bill in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chestand Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Bill Anderson in Mamma Mia!, Martin Vanger in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, and Dr. Erik Selvig in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Thor, The Avengers, Thor: The Dark World, and...
NationalitySwedish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth13 June 1951
CityGothenburg, Sweden
CountrySweden
In Hollywood you got work around you all the time. You can't get a taxi without that the driver hand you a script.
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.
One of the beauties of 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' is the very delicate and strange relationship between the two main characters.
I love having 30 shots of every scene.
It's really nice to go down to an extremely low-budget movie, but that is very daring and courageous and try something different, where the roles usually are more complicated.
Even the most despicable person is still a human being.
I'm in Stockholm in my office. I just got here after seeing my eighth child on an ultrasound, so I'm in a good mood. It's beautiful: an energetic little skeleton.
I started acting long before I decided to pursue it. I started acting as an amateur when I was a kid, but I wanted to become a diplomat. It was self-centered and weird, but I had this idea of going out in the world and solving conflicts and making the world a better place.
Norwegian kids, they grow up well educated in film. So they have a lot of good directors there.
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.
We don't live. We're miming in the choir.
There is no overacting, only untrue acting.
I played a heap of snow in a school play. I was under a sheet, and crawled out when spring came. I often say I'll never reach the same artistic level again.
I'm not lazy on set. I'm lazy in the rest of my life.