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

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.

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

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

Moving in is almost a bigger step than getting married.

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

I was a Swedish guy who listened to Too Short.

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

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

My parents got married when I was 12.

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.

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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 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.'

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

Jose Padilha is a wonderful director.

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.

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.