I am always more interested in performance and character depiction, and my direction says as much.

But now I wish I could back to Stockholm to make international films there.

I'm on this diet where you're supposed to eat only fish and meat.

My father would tell anyone who would listen that this dentist thing he was doing was not his passion; cinematography was.

Cinema has become a global economy, totally international.

I was always attracted by the European way of life, but I am deeply Swedish.

My father was an amateur filmmaker who shot 8mm color documentaries.

I imagined that it might be awkward to talk to your wife about her performance, so going into it I was a little nervous. But doing it was actually a wonderfully inspiring experience.

I love mixing amateurs and professionals.

I can't go back and label myself as an outcast because I was a pretty well-adjusted kid, but I can certainly relate to the feeling of being an outsider.

I love involving actors at all levels - and they have to know that I want to hear their contributions, with dialogue, with story suggestions, with script changes, whatever.

Creativity is a combination of discipline and childlike spirit.

Individual words, sounds, squiggles on paper with no meanings other than those with which our imagination can clothe them.

How would your life be different if instead of spending your energy and focus on hating those who hate you, you spent your energy and focus on loving those who love you?

That’s why it’s difficult to write about your own life. Any distortion feels like a betrayal.

Have I told you I love you?" he whispers.I smile. "Not since this morning.""Unforgivable. I will tell you every hour of every day.

The people who know nothing about music are the ones always talking about it.

Liberty has as many chains as an iron-monger's shop, and as rusty.

The only thing that should astonish us is that anything can yet astonish us.

Sketching is a continuing source of learning rather than a string of performances.

Existence continues at death for the believer in a fuller, more fulfilling way. Death should hold no fear for the believer.