I don't reflect on sort of the age of the roles that I get. It's usually just what plays into what's believable - 'Am I believable at this age?'

I look at characters to see if they have some contrasts to play with; I think that's always what I'm looking for in characters: ones that have a wide range of expression.

I feel like I've got the best job in the world. I just feel so fortunate to get paid to be a kid and play with my friends. So if it's rough or a little bit hot, you just have to deal with that.

Jose Padilha is a wonderful director.

Danish is a different language, even though Danish people understand Swedes, and very few Swedes understand Danish.

I don't think being a star has ever been part of the plan. But I always want to do really good work, even when I made career moves with projects that made more sense in sort of a career way than in an artistic way... like I did with 'The Darkest Hour.'

When I first heard 'Robocop' was going to be remade. I said, 'Yeah, that's interesting. I'll probably watch that at some point, but I'm not interested at all to be in it.'

I read a couple of books about neuroscience and the relationship between the mind and the body.

I was on a Swedish soap opera when I was 10.

I like L.A., but it's just too many people in the same business everywhere you go. You lose perspective.

I love watching Samuel L. Jackson do anything, but for me, Gary Oldman is the grandmaster of the game.

I've followed Gary Oldman his whole career... I've watched the movies he's directed, like 'Nil by Mouth' - I've seen that five times!

My impression was, 'This Hollywood thing doesn't seem too hard.'

A lot of the friends I had went on to become criminals.

In terms of whether my mom was influential, I think she instilled a certain way of thinking in me quite early: having a reflective mindset regarding my actions and trying to find the underlying reasons to behavior. I think that's quite helpful when you're trying to understand a character.

My parents got married when I was 12.

The way I live my life or conduct myself when I have a problem is very different from many of the characters I play.

I speak English with my dad and Swedish with my mom; it's quite schizophrenic.

I was a Swedish guy who listened to Too Short.

I've learned to steer away from the wrong kind of woman for me.

Moving in is almost a bigger step than getting married.

Nobody wants to be depressed - everybody's trying to feel better; when they strive and fail, it's all the more poignant.

I loved 'The Artist.' I thought it was fantastic.

In philosophy, they talk a lot about humans being actual organic machines, and the idea of free will is something that we've made up. We actually don't have free will. We're acting according to our programming as organic mechanisms.

We remake 'Hamlet' all the time. That's sort of what we do, humans.

I'm a crybaby.

It's very nice to be in a show where your vanity is completely out of the picture.

I love 'Breaking Bad.' I'd watch Bryan Cranston read the phone book, for days.

I'm battling with keeping my narcissism at bay as it is, so Twitter was not a good thing for that.

Mid-range to low-budget movies have to have a name in the lead to get financing for it.

I think that in Sweden and a lot of European countries, there's this whole mythology of the wounded artist: that you can't really do any great art unless you're suffering.

I'm not a method actor per se, but if I'm playing a character that, at its core of its persona, has experiences I don't have, I try to search out and get firsthand experiences of similar sorts so I have something to fantasize about.

Have you seen these Japanese hospital droids, or humanoids, or whatever they call it? They've perfected the skin, and the skin looks so real. They have these motors between the eyes for when they smile. It's just mind-blowing.

What I enjoy most with acting is when it's a good scene with one or two other actors, and you feel a strong connection, and you don't know how you're going to respond, and everybody is listening to each other and getting affected by each other, and even though you've rehearsed it many times, it feels like it's happening right now.

A big moment for me was when I did a play that was a new adaptation of Dostojevskij's 'Crime and Punishment,' and I played Raskolnikov. It was actually the first thing I did when I got out of acting school.

We are all a unique person with everyone we meet.

We have nobility in Sweden, and it comes from the old British aristocracy.

An amateur can be great in front of the camera, but you need an education to get on stage where you have full control as an actor.

I'm happy that people have watched and appreciated my work. That's why I'm doing it.