Sometimes it seems like if you open up the door to reality and invite it in, it will just come flowing.
Tobias LindholmNo doubt there is a Scandinavian wave. I guess everybody is just surfing their wave until it breaks and hoping it won't be too soon.
Tobias LindholmThe camera cannot leave the man, but the man can leave the camera. It's in the style of documentary where you make an agreement between a camera and a man and say, "I'm going to film you now."
Tobias LindholmEverybody can write a beginning and an ending, but to actually define that middle point where everything will go from professional to person, where everything will change, is always the hardest part, because it can very easily be too constructed, too artificial.
Tobias LindholmIt seems like as soon as you have written something, it dictates a story. So I need to be careful.
Tobias LindholmIn real life, we're not walking around waiting for something to happen. We live our lives, and then suddenly we fall in love with somebody, and it's a big mess because you have a wife already, and it's going to destroy your life. And, at the same time, it's beautiful. Often, in films, it's not like that.
Tobias Lindholm