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I'm Swedish. Sweden is known for its melancholia.
Acting is a spiritual quest to touch human beings.
I like old Disney films that have an edge to them.
The best films come about through experimentation.
Whenever I'm making a film, it has to be timeless.
There's never too much stuff going up people's butts.
I'm tenacious and no is not a good answer to give me.
There's a victory in letting go of your expectations.
I don't know a nicer guy in the world than Alan Alda.
It's very exciting to continue to work at DreamWorks.
I'm a little slow, so forgive me if I'm inarticulate.
I'm attracted to the journeys of isolated characters.
Only a modern army will be able to fight a modern war.
A flower doesn't love you or hate you, it just exists.
Is artificial intelligence less than our intelligence?
As a director or writer, you have to be so controlling.
I would wait in line for anything to do with Doctor Who.
There's always a certain amount of camera improvisation.
I can be accused of being acerbic as a critic and writer.
Yeah, it's disturbing when someone has no self-awareness.
I've been a fan of noir films since I was in high school.
Production for movies or TV is very painstaking and slow.
My whole life I've been a seeker, searching for something.
I would wait in line for anything to do with 'Doctor Who.'
You have to stop yourself from even thinking about failing.
I definitely enjoy getting to know people I find inspiring.
Felt is not the easiest thing to animate. It's very flimsy.
I'm always amazed when any actor can decipher my direction.
Pop music, I think there's a reason why kids connect to it.
I am a competitive person. But more good TV is more good TV.
I think that maybe human beings are conditioned to violence.
I think there's a knee-jerk reaction to things from parents.
There has been one defining production for me in each decade.
I've been a huge fan of Steven Bochco's for over two decades.
People kind of stumble their way through life a lot of times.
Theater is far superior to film in poetry, in abstract poetry.
I don't feel the breath of a thousand people over my shoulder.
I'm always there at home thinking of Wallace and Gromit ideas.
Revenge is just a really good drive for drama and good action.
I'm very much drawn to melancholy and those kinds of emotions.
There is incredible power in the arts to inspire and influence.
I think we all see the world from our own little unique bubble.
Declare what you honestly want and live that vision fearlessly.
When I was 20 years old, I had no plans to ever be a filmmaker.
I grew up during Watergate. I was enamored of the study of that.
Good actors go to emotional places where nobody else wants to go.
You program music with an image and then people are desensitized.
I can be really annoying, but I also feel like I'm a nice person.
You come to a point where you realize your work doesn't save you.
Sometimes actors come in, you record them, and they do their role.