I always had this huge respect for American filmmakers and American actors. I always had this very strong love and respect for the American cinema. I….

I was a punk rocker when I was a teenager. I wanted to look like Nancy Spungen. I had dyed blonde hair and lots of piercings..

I think most gypsies all over the world are used to being not really welcome and always on the run, expecting people to not like them and to be criti….

In Sweden everybody has this perfect surface. Everyones very polite and controls their feelings..

For me, artists and people that are passionate are fighting for what they believe in and what they want, and that's always appealing. I find that rea….

I don't have this crazy dream about going to Hollywood, because I really love to watch movies and do movies that are complicated, and I want more str….

It's better to not be afraid of things and not avoid things..

I want to explore more sides of humanity and myself. That's what acting is about..

My husband, when I was filming the Millennium movies, he asked me, `How far are you going and when are you coming back?'.

Weirdly enough, I don't like to pretend. I try to use things in me, and translate them into the situation and the characters, so it always needs to r….

I can't see any value in being a celebrity, famous for being famous..

With most movies I've done before, I've done a lot of preparation. I've known about them long before [shooting], and I've prepped and changed my body….

I don't look at myself on the outside. Sometimes you feel like you're not really there and need one more [take], because I feel like something is com….

I like doing fight scenes. I always have, and I insist on doing as much of that action as they'll let me do. I think that's easy for me..

I think Stieg Larsson was pretty brave. He wanted to bring up things that we don't like to talk about, or like to ignore..

We need more extreme movies in Sweden.Personal projects that are necessarily made for a bigger audience. I think it creates a creative lock-up to hav….

I always felt like I was on the move, that I was going towards something..

I can come up sometimes with ideas for scenes that I'm not in, to make it better or add something. It's not about me, or my ego, that I wanna show th….

I hate when you see a film and after one scene you know what's going to happen and you can predict the whole story..

I grew up watching American movies. My favorite movies have always been American, since as long as I can remember. I always had this huge respect for….

When I was a teenager, I was like, Something is wrong with me. I dont fit in. Im not like everybody else. So, I always knew that I wanted to explore ….