Mads Mikkelsen Quotes

If you believe in Odin and Thor, people laugh themselves to death. While it's okay to believe in a man who turned water into wine, and walked on water

I have a three-piece suit. I’m an art collector. I have a funny accent. So I’m probably the killer.

I think the meaning of life is life itself. We don't necessarily want to know what it is, but we want to live it. Hopefully, we'll go out fast without knowing it.

I'm a beer man. I tried to drink whiskey and Scotch but I don't get it. It smells like a girl who didn't shower and just splashed a lot of perfume on.

One thing I can say about the French language is that no one in the world loves their language as much as they do.

Machiavelli had some cold tricks for people who wanted to be demagogues and wanted to take over the world.

Actors are very good at not revealing anything, so they're safe.

I'm terrified about psychic people who have their little shops.

I dont wear cologne. I do occasionally, but anytime I take a shower, I just put on deodorant. Thats basically what I smell like.

I choose work with the people I like to work with.

If you're playing the bad guy, you have to find what you like about them.

II know a little about Greek mythology. It's not that far away from the Nordic mythology.

I'm one of the actors who really enjoys working with kids and animals, which is always a no go. There's something beautiful about it because you tend to forget yourself, as an actor.

I'm a big fan of film for one reason: because it is visual.

Danish film is spreading in a fantastic way.

I'm not looking for a challenge, necessarily. I'm looking to make a really great film.

I was a gymnast for many years before I was a dancer, so it comes in pretty handy when I do stunts.

Sometimes we misunderstand what films can do. We just throw a whole book in there, with people just talking, talking, and talking. The picture can tell, the frame can tell.

I like to stay home with my family.

I'd rather be voted "the sexiest man in Denmark" than "the ugliest man in Denmark".

I have an enormous metabolism, so I'm lucky.

If you spend a week at a casino you will very easily see that people have a certain way of behaving in a casino.

Once you do one bad guy, usually all you get offered is bad guys.

I tend not to have any references to anything. I just jump into the script in front of me. If you reference too much, you have no idea if the performances are right.

I'm not the kind of actor who runs around and insists on being called Stravinsky by everybody, and my family has to call me Igor. I'm not that kind of actor. I think that's pretentious.

Sometimes you have a period piece where you have to research around it but, if the writers have done their homework well enough, the information is all in the script.

I come from a culture where you don't divide it up to what you can do on TV and what you can do on film.

I think it would be pretty cool if my kids were super kids.

When you do a TV show, there's always the fear that it will become tired and you'll know exactly what's going to happen.

I'm in a very lucky position. You have to remember that 95 percent of all actors aren't working. I'm actually able to go to France and work. It's a situation I couldn't have dreamt up.

I became a dancer late and an actor late.

Everyone who makes a Star Wars film wants to make it their own but they also have to be true to the concept.

If you're not bruised up, then you're not doing an action film in a real way.

I'd just love to see the next Star Wars films when they come out because I'm very into the whole universe and the stories. So they're always rewarding.

I'm very dedicated to the things I do.

I've always been extremely physical.

I like to stay home with my family. But travel is good in a way. It makes you redefine each other each time you see each other. Also, it helps that I think my wife is the hottest woman in the world.

I will never be a fan of any kind of political correctness: I think it's instant death to creativity.

The day before I was famous in Denmark, nobody looked my way. The day after, everybody wanted to talk to me.

I was into sports and swimming as a kid and didn't spend a whole lot of time sitting down. I was a gymnast.

I go to the pub, hang out with my family - that's pretty much it. I also do a lot of sports when I get the chance. I'm actually a pretty mellow guy.

Predominantly I'm an Adidas guy who walks around in sports gear all the time because there's always a ball right next to me somewhere. I do a lot of sports, but I do enjoy wearing a lot of suits.

I like 'The Three Musketeers.' I like those kind of cool things where they were having a robe and a sword.

I've been watching 'Walking Dead' with my son, and there is absolutely nothing in there I find shocking, but it's cool, and I like it.