You do need to get lucky, no matter how talented you are.

I don't like people who get into fights about football - or anything else.

People will like to say that 'Eastern Promises' is brutal, but the only reason they say that is because the scenes stick with them. They are realistic. They are in-your-face and you see the consequences. It's not a bunch of quick editing cuts.

I was raised speaking English and Spanish. And I also speak Danish. And I can get by in French and Italian. I've acted in Spanish and English, but when something has to do with emotions, sometimes I feel I can get to the heart of the matter better in Spanish.

Anyone can identify with those moments in life where circumstances or people inform us that we've strayed from the path of our better nature and intentions. We know what that's like, and we resist it - so as not to feel like we're bad people.

I don't think you get to be pope without making some enemies, like you do when you're president.

I don't speak up about something unless I feel strongly about it and until I've researched a subject extensively and have an informed decision about it.