Quotes from Stellan Skarsgard

I know how to cut meat, yeah. I know how to cook, basically.

One of the beauties of 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' is the very delicate and strange relationship between the two main characters.

I'm so full of useless information; I'm the kind of person that collects useless information. I like to know everything!

I am indeed a fan of John le Carre's novels.

When we did 'Breaking the Waves,' he had a sign on the wall that said, 'Make mistakes.'

It's good to pay high taxes - you have free schools, free universities. It's a much more decent society than those where everybody pays their own way, and some people don't get anything.

We were working under very harsh conditions on 'Zero Kelvin.' We were up there in the Arctic, closer to the North Pole than to a hospital. Sometimes you had to sleep in small Arctic tents with guns to protect yourself from polar bears and stuff.

The countries where you have the most fear of immigrants are the countries where you have the least immigration.

I did a Norwegian film called 'Insomnia' that was remade and that was a good remake by a good director, so I'm honoured.

I said yes to 'Nymphomaniac' before it was written.

I still live in Sweden. That's my base. When I'm not working, I'm there.

The only respect you should have is the one you earn.