I take my work enormously seriously. When I do something, it has to feel right. Everything has to be right. Iโm not ambitious about my career, but I am ambitious with each job. I can be fairly annoying to work with. No compromises, letโs put it this way. Compromises are from hell.
Mads MikkelsenI'm not the kind of actor who runs around and insists on being called Stravinsky by everybody, and my family has to call me Igor. I'm not that kind of actor. I think that's pretentious.
Mads MikkelsenWhen you do a TV show, there's always the fear that it will become tired and you'll know exactly what's going to happen.
Mads MikkelsenIf you spend a week at a casino you will very easily see that people have a certain way of behaving in a casino.
Mads MikkelsenYeah, I do all the stuff I can. Letโs be frank, if you are in an action film, you are not in it for the characters, you are in it for the action โ the stunts. If they take that away from you, itโs a sad story. Ha ha! I have damaged everything: knees, elbows, ribs. But Iโm an old gymnast. I know how to survive.
Mads MikkelsenThe criteria [to take or refuse the role] is that I would love to have some kind of dialogue or communication with the director. I need to understand that we can communicate and that we like communication. That's something I have to have a strong feeling about. Secondly, I have to find the script intriguing or interesting. I don't have to understand the whole script, but I do have to find it intriguing. If those two things are present, that would probably be a yes.
Mads MikkelsenIโm an Adidas guy who walks around in sports gear all the time because thereโs always a ball right next to me somewhere. I do a lot of sports but I do enjoy wearing a lot of suits. I have quite a few suits that I really enjoy wearing but, unlike Hannibal, I like wearing them only at special occasions.
Mads Mikkelsen