Unfortunately, the way the world is constructed, a lot of people have no chance, from day one.

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

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.

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.

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

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've done so many sex scenes in my life and it's much easier to do a funny sex scene than a sex scene that is supposed to look like it feels.