My plan was never to be an actor like my father...

- Alexander Skarsgard

All the characters I play are all inside of me in a way, and they're all different, the darkness, the lightness, whatever that is.

- Alexander Skarsgard

You can never connect on a deeper level if you idolise someone - you don't see the real person.

- Alexander Skarsgard

Why do I love being naked? Because I was born that way?

- Alexander Skarsgard

What intrigues me is that people kind of naturally want to label or pigeonhole the characters. They want to make it easy for themselves to go, "All r…

- Alexander Skarsgard

Life isn't one-dimensional. The world isn't simply divided into good versus evil. I think we're all capable of both.

- Alexander Skarsgard

A true artist, in my mind, is willing to fail sometimes, because if you're not brave enough to say yes and follow your gut, it's never going to be go…

- Alexander Skarsgard

I'm pretty intense when it comes to relationships, platonic ones as well. If I feel a connection with someone, I'm willing to go there.

- Alexander Skarsgard

I don't fall often, but I fall hard. And when you fall hard, it takes a while to get up.

- Alexander Skarsgard