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.

When you work with someone you don't quite know, you have to figure the director out and you can come up with ideas that are counter-productive.

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.

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

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

I treat everyone as equals. I can't work if I'm not having fun, and I can't have fun if not everyone is happy.

It's really nice to go down to an extremely low-budget movie, but that is very daring and courageous and try something different, where the roles usually are more complicated.