Producers are not gamblers. They want a good return on their investment.

I think English is a fantastic, rich and musical language, but of course your mother tongue is the most important for an actor

I accept a role only if it's something I really, really like

If Jesus came back today, and saw what was going on in his name, he'd never stop throwing up.

In this country, you have movie actors and theatre actors and television actors

Movies give me an opportunity to go places. I'm not only a Swede but an American, not just a man of my time, but I've been living 2,000 years ago-and not just in a new country, America, but in the Holy Land, too

The offers I get are for grandfathers, uncles - and they often die very quickly in the script.