“I come from a family of pacifists, so it’s not like I was going to join the war. Sweden is not like the States or England where you might get sent to Afghanistan next month.”

To me, it’s all about inspiration. What gets me creatively excited is a challenge.

Be Impeccable with Your Word. Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean.

I’ve always been a night person. There’s a sense of virtue attached to getting up in the morning and doing things and starting the day, and I always felt bad for not being that person. But as I’ve gotten a bit older, now I’m completely okay with it. That’s just who I am.

I can deal with it now, but 13 is a tough age to be recognized and famous. It’s a tough age, period.

In terms of jobs, I’m an actor. There’s gotta’ be depth there. I’d never say yes to something just to play the hot guy. That’s not what I’m interested in.

There’s something I love about how stark the contrast is between January and June in Sweden.

Eventually, I landed the job, and that was something that I felt transcended whatever other people would think of me.

At the time, number four of the Skarsgård actors. So in high school I majored in science and was like, “Maybe I’ll do something rebellious and become a doctor.”

I had no idea what I wanted to do. In my last two years of high school here happened to be these few scripts that I really responded to.

I don’t want to ever think that I don’t know what to do. I want to deal with my own things, to perform my own roles, to be like, “I did this.”

My height can be a problem. A lot of directors and photographers are sometimes not happy because I’m pretty tall and especially if I work with short actors the difference can be pretty massive.

When I read a script and have my first interaction with this character, do I feel like there’s something I’m gonna’ learn here? If I feel like it’s something I’ve done before, then what’s the incentive for me to do it?

I have three older brothers, and each one of them has chosen one of my parents’ education. Two of them are actors, and the third is a doctor as my mother is.

I’m always looking for something that’s real and that’s got meat on it. I think it’s artistic suicide if you’re too vain, or if you’re afraid to play ugly. I would never fall for that.

Many strikes and similar disturbances might be avoided if the employers would cultivate the habit of getting nearer to their employees, of consulting and advising with them, and letting them feel that the interests of the two are the same.

I might lose because I wasn’t tall enough; I might lose because I wasn’t fast enough. But I wasn’t going to lose because I wasn’t ready.

You never know how a single interaction with a person might affect their life, so you must constantly try to be at your best.

If I had been a winger, I might have been daydreaming and thinking about how to keep my kit clean for next week.

Perfectionism is the counterfeit of excellence. Excellence is Kingdom, while perfectionism is religion. What ever you do, do it with all you might, and as unto the Lord. That is excellence.

you may be right, I may be crazy, but it just might be a lunatic you’re looking for

If nobody throws all their rules at you, you might make a song with no introduction.

After you’ve done all the work and prepared as much as you can, what the hell, you might as well go out and have a good time.