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

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My films do have characters who have trouble escaping the world around them.

My films do have characters who have trouble escaping the world around them.

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

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

It's just, for me, the natural standard: a woman should be able to decide over...

It's just, for me, the natural standard: a woman should be able to decide over...

I love improvising.

I love improvising.

I love involving actors at all levels - and they have to know that I...

I love involving actors at all levels - and they have to know that I...

But I notice that there is a lack of darkness in my movies and I...

But I notice that there is a lack of darkness in my movies and I...

I always try to preserve my cinematographic style, even while I work in the US....

I always try to preserve my cinematographic style, even while I work in the US....

To see my wife getting inspired from my notes and thoughts, going in the direction...

To see my wife getting inspired from my notes and thoughts, going in the direction...

I love mixing amateurs and professionals.

I love mixing amateurs and professionals.

I discovered the 7th art at home when I was kid, through Charlie Chaplin's movies...

I discovered the 7th art at home when I was kid, through Charlie Chaplin's movies...

My father would tell anyone who would listen that this dentist thing he was doing...

My father would tell anyone who would listen that this dentist thing he was doing...

Many of the comedies I had made in Sweden were slightly based on semi-autobiographical experiences,...

Many of the comedies I had made in Sweden were slightly based on semi-autobiographical experiences,...

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

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

I can't go back and label myself as an outcast because I was a pretty...

I can't go back and label myself as an outcast because I was a pretty...

I always need a couple of highlights to really spark the passion for a project.

I always need a couple of highlights to really spark the passion for a project.

It was important on The Shipping News to have my house far enough away from...

It was important on The Shipping News to have my house far enough away from...

ABBA: The Movie; I got a lot of grief for working on that.

ABBA: The Movie; I got a lot of grief for working on that.

I really want to have actors contribute their own ideas, with phrasings and ideas on...

I really want to have actors contribute their own ideas, with phrasings and ideas on...

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

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

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

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