II know a little about Greek mythology. It's not that far away from the Nordic mythology.
Mads MikkelsenI ask a million questions, and I insist on having answers. I think that is what we have to do. I have to know what the director wants. Some are very much in their head, and I need to force it out of them. I just can't play around for eight hours and see if something happens.
Mads MikkelsenI think the days are over where we were okay with bad guys just doing the pirate laugh and eating kids just for fun. There has to be a goal, you know? They have to have a point, and they have to make sense.
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 MikkelsenI 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 Mikkelsen