I feel like I'm the best actor on the planet and I also feel like I'm a fraud. I think hubris comes from insecurity. Confidence comes in a more rooted sense; part of being confident is being able to say, "I can be really shitty," and to accept that. But also not to crumble under it.

To me, it's all about inspiration. What gets me creatively excited is a challenge.

Sweden is a small country and, well, our family's pretty prominent in that world, I guess. And I really didn't like the sound of just being 'the fourth acting Skarsgard.

Personally I don't believe in bad people. I think there's always a reason for people acting badly.

When I read a script and have my first interaction with this character, do I feel like there's something I'm gonna' learn here? If I feel like it's something I've done before, then what's the incentive for me to do it?

I'm constantly embarrassed at the level of attention actors get and the level of money that we get. It's completely disproportionate.

I've lived in California for six years and I've never surfed.