We don't live. We're miming in the choir.

There is no overacting, only untrue acting.

I don't think that people in the world, in general, have too many chances.

Even the most despicable person is still a human being.

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.

Norwegian kids, they grow up well educated in film. So they have a lot of good directors there.

I started acting long before I decided to pursue it. I started acting as an amateur when I was a kid, but I wanted to become a diplomat. It was self-centered and weird, but I had this idea of going out in the world and solving conflicts and making the world a better place.