Swedish - Actor | August 25, 1976 -
I've always been interested in those Orwellian dystopian novels, like 'Fahrenheit 451,' 'Brave New World,' and obviously Orwell's '1984.'
Alexander Skarsgard
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The last book I read was Noam Chomsky on anarchism; maybe I will become an anarchist.
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In some people's eyes, nudity is so much more dangerous than violence. I never really understood that.
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Routines, or lack thereof, are a pretty good way to get to know someone.
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It's difficult to get to know a Swede. But once you do, you're in.
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Being followed is weird, that people want to discuss where I ate lunch or what I wear when I go to lunch... the private life is just gone.
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We don't have paparazzi following you in Sweden.
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All the characters I play are all inside of me in a way, and they're all different, the darkness, the lightness, whatever that is.
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A true artist, in my mind, is willing to fail sometimes, because if you're not brave enough to say yes and follow your gut, it's never going to be good.
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My plan was never to be an actor like my father.
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Swedes are such a civilised, perfect society - at least on the surface. There's a great safety net, a huge middle class, free education, free health care. People are very polite, they wait their turn. They're not too loud, they're not too quiet, but sometimes it's a little too perfect.
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As an actor, what's interesting is what's hidden away beneath the surface. You want to be like a duck on a pond - very calm on the surface but paddling away like crazy underneath.
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