Norway is a small country, about half the size of Sweden, but it has a very good film climate because they have municipal cinemas, so even in the smallest towns you have a cinema that shows art house films from all over the world.

if a real God were actually so vain as to constantly demand worship, then he would not be worth it.

Casting a film, you can have the greatest actors in a film and it doesn't work. It's a combination of all of the elements.

I'm in Stockholm in my office. I just got here after seeing my eighth child on an ultrasound, so I'm in a good mood. It's beautiful: an energetic little skeleton.

Even the most despicable person is still a human being.

People don't want to read subtitles.

You have to make sure that you find projects that are not too similar and roles that are not too similar, so the challenges are new and you still learn things. I still think I can become a much better actor.