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

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

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

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...

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...

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 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...

I love improvising.

I love improvising.

I made all their videos, apart from the last two, so if you ever see...

I made all their videos, apart from the last two, so if you ever see...

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 got to work with my wife, Lena Olin, for the first time, which was...

I got to work with my wife, Lena Olin, for the first time, which was...

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.

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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 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....

Kevin, as the whole cast is, just wonderful people and great people, and people who...

Kevin, as the whole cast is, just wonderful people and great people, and people who...