Sweden is a small country and, well, our family’s pretty prominent in that world, I guess. And I really didn’t like the sound of just being ‘the fourth acting Skarsgard.
BILL SKARSGARDSweden is a small country and, well, our family’s pretty prominent in that world, I guess. And I really didn’t like the sound of just being ‘the fourth acting Skarsgard.
BILL SKARSGARDWhen 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?
BILL SKARSGARDPersonally I don’t believe in bad people. I think there’s always a reason for people acting badly.
BILL SKARSGARDTo me, it’s all about inspiration. What gets me creatively excited is a challenge.
BILL SKARSGARDI don’t think I would ever be a doctor, but the reason I majored in science was because you could become a civil engineer, you could become a biologist, you could become a computer scientist – that was the point of it.
BILL SKARSGARDIt’s funny: it takes a while to really get your character. It’s impossible to do it on the first day. That’s the same way in films; if you start shooting a film, maybe a couple weeks in, you’re like, “Ah! Now I think I really get him.”
BILL SKARSGARDA character on screen that’s the ‘good guy’ or the ‘bad guy,’ they’re never interesting. There’s got to be an internal struggle, the duality is important to find.
BILL SKARSGARDI 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.
BILL SKARSGARDIn movies we tend make things black and white: you’re either this, or you’re that.
BILL SKARSGARDI see myself as most people see themselves, you have good days and bad days. I don’t think I’m better looking now than I did three years ago.
BILL SKARSGARDThere’s something I love about how stark the contrast is between January and June in Sweden.
BILL SKARSGARDI started acting when I was 9. I did smaller parts here and there as a kid, and then as I grew older I started resisting it, because I didn’t like the idea of being.
BILL SKARSGARDI’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.
BILL SKARSGARDEventually, I landed the job, and that was something that I felt transcended whatever other people would think of me.
BILL SKARSGARDI’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.
BILL SKARSGARDAt 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.”
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