I got to work with my wife, Lena Olin, for the first time, which was great. I thought it might be difficult in some way to talk to one's wife in a di…

- Lasse Hallstrom

I made all their videos, apart from the last two, so if you ever see an Abba video on TV then it’s my stuff.

- Lasse Hallstrom

I love mixing amateurs and professionals.

- Lasse Hallstrom

Kevin, as the whole cast is, just wonderful people and great people, and people who are attracted to this kind of material and accepting the idea of …

- Lasse Hallstrom

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

- Lasse Hallstrom

I think I avoid stepping into sentimentality by trying to be as truthful as possible with performances.

- Lasse Hallstrom

It was important on The Shipping News to have my house far enough away from each location so I had this time in the morning to think about my shots a…

- Lasse Hallstrom

A film that is bleached tends to have a more realistic quality.

- Lasse Hallstrom

My key interest in choosing scripts is character-driven stories, because there are so many stories that sacrifice character for plot.

- Lasse Hallstrom