In Sweden, I went to an English school, where there was a mishmash of people from all over the world. Some were diplomatic kids with a lot of money, some were ghetto kids who came up from the suburbs, and I grew up in between. There's a community of second generation immigrants, and I became part of that because I had an American father.
Joel KinnamanYou're not able to do a lot of projects because you don't have a name. I wanted to get my movies to come over that hedge, so that I could do the movies that I wanted to do.
Joel KinnamanYou can make an interesting character in a small portion of a movie, for a character that doesn't have that much on the page, if you just find the contradictions. That's something that I try to bring to my performances.
Joel KinnamanI miss the Swedish women on the first day of spring cause they all just blossom in the most incredible way.
Joel KinnamanWith RoboCop, I couldn't be happier because it's such a quality director.José Padilha is a young master.
Joel Kinnaman