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

I'm not always happy when Hollywood does remakes of films, but that's usually, when they have a very, very, very good film and they take away anything controversial from it and make flatter.

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

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.

There was a Russian director named Elem Klimov, who did his films during the communist days. They were constantly struggling with the authorities and to be allowed to express themselves. But he did one of the best war movies I've ever seen - it's called 'Come and See.'

The way I look at humanity, I don't think there's good guys or bad guys. We're all potentially bad and potentially good.

One of the beauties of 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' is the very delicate and strange relationship between the two main characters.