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"I think I avoid stepping into sentimentality by trying to be as truthful as possible with performances."
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"It's an acting job - acting natural."
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"Acting with creatures that aren't there is kind like acting with an actor who refuses to come out of his trailer. You still have to go on and do the scene."
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"When I was first starting out, if you were acting on television, it was a real stigma."
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"We are always acting on what has just finished happening. It happened at least 1/30th of a second ago. We think we're in the present, but we aren't. The present we know is only a movie of the past."
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"The danger chiefly lies in acting well; no crime's so great as daring to excel."
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"I don't know what acting is, but I enjoy it."
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"Acting is invigorating. But I don't analyse it too much. It's like a dog smelling where it's going to do its toilet in the morning."
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"Acting is a matter of giving away secrets."
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"And then, I suppose, there's also a cinematic reality on top of that. Because it was extremely difficult to keep tabs on, it was quite confusing acting that."
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"There's so much crap talked about acting."
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"I always try to preserve my cinematographic style, even while I work in the US. I wish to always be European."
Work
"It was important on The Shipping News to have my house far enough away from each location so I had this time in the morning to think about my shots and still remain open to surprises once I got to the set."
Time
"But I notice that there is a lack of darkness in my movies and I don't know where that comes from."
Movies
"I love involving actors at all levels - and they have to know that I want to hear their contributions, with dialogue, with story suggestions, with script changes, whatever."
Love
"Many of the comedies I had made in Sweden were slightly based on semi-autobiographical experiences, so adapting novels was a very different experience."
Experience
"I think I avoid stepping into sentimentality by trying to be as truthful as possible with performances."
Acting
"A film that is bleached tends to have a more realistic quality."
Quality
"It's just, for me, the natural standard: a woman should be able to decide over her own body."
Body
"I can't go back and label myself as an outcast because I was a pretty well-adjusted kid, but I can certainly relate to the feeling of being an outsider."
Being
"I am always more interested in performance and character depiction, and my direction says as much."
Character
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