Mads Mikkelsen Quotes

I've always been interested in strange foods, coming from all different places. — Mads Mikkelsen

Actors are very good at not revealing anything, so they're safe. — Mads Mikkelsen

'Clash Of The Titans' is one of the biggest movies I've done; it was certainly the most effects I've worked with. — Mads Mikkelsen

I did a crazy version of 'Romeo and Juliet' once, and I played Romeo. — Mads Mikkelsen

I go to the pub, hang out with my family - that's pretty much it. I also do a lot of sports when I get the chance. I'm actually a pretty mellow guy. — Mads Mikkelsen

I'm a big fan of film for one reason: because it is visual. — Mads Mikkelsen

I don't wear cologne. I do occasionally, but anytime I take a shower, I just put on deodorant. That's basically what I smell like. — Mads Mikkelsen

I've always been extremely physical. — Mads Mikkelsen

I'm not ambitious about my career, but I am ambitious with each job. I can be fairly annoying to work with. — Mads Mikkelsen

We were in love with 'Mean Streets' and 'Taxi Driver.' We had no idea why nothing remotely like that was done in Denmark. — Mads Mikkelsen

I can be intense in a lot of ways, but not the way you see the guy in 'The Salvation.' — Mads Mikkelsen

I have an enormous metabolism, so I'm lucky. — Mads Mikkelsen

I have a three-piece suit. I'm an art collector. I have a funny accent. So I'm probably the killer. — Mads Mikkelsen

If you're playing the bad guy, you have to find what you like about them. — Mads Mikkelsen

I have an older brother who is an actor as well. — Mads Mikkelsen

I've been watching 'Walking Dead' with my son, and there is absolutely nothing in there I find shocking, but it's cool, and I like it. — Mads Mikkelsen

I can never wink at the audience. — Mads Mikkelsen

If David Bowie wants, I'll put him in my phone book. — Mads Mikkelsen

There's no such thing as easy, but it's easier when a script is good. — Mads Mikkelsen

I was a gymnast for many years before I was a dancer, so it comes in pretty handy when we do stunts. — Mads Mikkelsen

It was never a plan to be an actor. — Mads Mikkelsen

I come from a culture where you don't divide it up to what you can do on TV and what you can do on film. — Mads Mikkelsen

I choose work with the people I like to work with. — Mads Mikkelsen

I always try to find something I like about the bad guys and then try to find the mistakes and the flaws in the good guys. — Mads Mikkelsen

The day before I was famous in Denmark, nobody looked my way. The day after, everybody wanted to talk to me. — Mads Mikkelsen

England and Denmark have a sense of irony and a darker sense of humour that you don't necessarily find in Germany and Sweden. — Mads Mikkelsen

Typically, I work with the script and the director for awhile before, just to make sure we're on the same page. — Mads Mikkelsen

If you believe in Odin and Thor, people laugh themselves to death. While it's okay to believe in a man who turned water into wine, and walked on water — Mads Mikkelsen

I take my work enormously seriously. When I do something, it has to feel right. Everything has to be right. — Mads Mikkelsen

Danish film is spreading in a fantastic way. — Mads Mikkelsen

If you're not bruised up, then you're not doing an action film in a real way. — Mads Mikkelsen

I like to stay home with my family. — Mads Mikkelsen

The whole Fannibal thing is predominantly something that happens in a world I don't know about, which is the Internet. — Mads Mikkelsen

I always work with the tempo of the energy of the character, whether he's fast or slow, or heavy or light. — Mads Mikkelsen

We are filmmakers, and we are specifically trying to entertain people. — Mads Mikkelsen

I have the strange ability to shut things out. — Mads Mikkelsen

I became a dancer late and an actor late. — Mads Mikkelsen

I'm not looking for a challenge, necessarily. I'm looking to make a really great film. — Mads Mikkelsen

I was not into sci-fi, science fiction, at all. I was into some of the old pirate films with Burt Lancaster and stuff. I liked them. — Mads Mikkelsen

I'd rather be voted 'the sexiest man in Denmark' than 'the ugliest man in Denmark'. — Mads Mikkelsen

Being physical and doing my own stunts - it is fun to do these kind of films once in a while, especially before you get too old. — Mads Mikkelsen

I don't want to be the stupid blond. I want to be an actor. — Mads Mikkelsen

If you spend a week at a casino you will very easily see that people have a certain way of behaving in a casino. — Mads Mikkelsen

Once you do one bad guy, usually all you get offered is bad guys. — Mads Mikkelsen

If I was doing 'The Hunt' constantly, I would get very old, very fast. — Mads Mikkelsen

When you do a TV show, there's always the fear that it will become tired and you'll know exactly what's going to happen. — Mads Mikkelsen

I think they tried the 3-D revolution at least five times throughout history, and it never seemed to work. However, finally, 'Avatar' did it. — Mads Mikkelsen

I will never be a fan of any kind of political correctness: I think it's instant death to creativity. — Mads Mikkelsen

Awards mean absolutely nothing if you don't get it. If you do get it, they're the best thing in the world. — Mads Mikkelsen

TV is obviously so different from film: because it's a never-ending process, it keeps going; you keep receiving new pages. — Mads Mikkelsen

Machiavelli had some cold tricks for people who wanted to be demagogues and wanted to take over the world. — Mads Mikkelsen

I try not to carry any character back home because that would be extremely frustrating for my family. — Mads Mikkelsen

Actors are a race. — Mads Mikkelsen

I'm very proud of 'Valhalla Rising.' — Mads Mikkelsen

Sometimes you're trying your best and you still can't find a solution, but I try not to waste my life living in a dark place. — Mads Mikkelsen

I saw the main character played by Mads Mikkelsen, and he's amazing. Hannibal had that going for it. — Michael Pitt

I like 'The Three Musketeers.' I like those kind of cool things where they were having a robe and a sword. — Mads Mikkelsen

II know a little about Greek mythology. It's not that far away from the Nordic mythology. — Mads Mikkelsen

Denmark is a small place. We all know each other. — Mads Mikkelsen

I love working back home, but it is a small country, and we do get tired of watching each other. — Mads Mikkelsen

In Denmark, we're making 20 films a year. If I'm showing up in even two of those, people will get tired of me really fast. — Mads Mikkelsen

I'm engaged to Hollywood. If there's something I find I have to do, I'll do it. Otherwise, I'll just stay home and have a vacation. — Mads Mikkelsen

I was into sports and swimming as a kid and didn't spend a whole lot of time sitting down. I was a gymnast. — Mads Mikkelsen

I vividly remember Charles Bronson's face in 'Chino.' The western genre is screaming for a face like that. — Mads Mikkelsen

Before we made films about gangsters, everything was about the royal families. They contain so much drama. — Mads Mikkelsen

When I do outdoor scenes, I tend to find a quiet space where I can sit and carve a walking stick that can turn out to be interesting for me. — Mads Mikkelsen