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

But now I wish I could back to Stockholm to make international films there.

I am always more interested in performance and character depiction, and my direction says as much.

I'm on this diet where you're supposed to eat only fish and meat.

My father would tell anyone who would listen that this dentist thing he was doing was not his passion; cinematography was.

Cinema has become a global economy, totally international.

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

My father was an amateur filmmaker who shot 8mm color documentaries.

I imagined that it might be awkward to talk to your wife about her performance, so going into it I was a little nervous. But doing it was actually a wonderfully inspiring experience.

I love mixing amateurs and professionals.

I can't go back and label myself as an outcast because I was a pretty well-adjusted kid, but I can certainly relate to the feeling of being an outsider.

Everywhere's been where it is ever since it was first put there. It's called geography.

Life is like one big blueprint, if you don't make plans then your future will not be built

I would say that IQ is the strongest predictor of which field you can get into and hold a job in, whether you can be an accountant, lawyer or nurse, for example.

Wishes, at least, are the easy pleasures of the poor.

The silence of a shut park does not sound like country silence: it is tense and confined.

Creativity is the answer. I always prefer the creative solution to an expensive solution.

I urge you to please notice when you are happy.

There aren't enough people fighting for being conservative with your sexual tastes. There's a little too much adventuresome stuff going on, so it's good to return to the basics.

Celebrate the success of others. High tide floats all ships.

A little blue-eyed blonde in a red hot sweater, wants to spice my chili, I think I'll let her.