In my mind, I still think - and wish - that I'm going to be a journalist or a writer. That's been my dream job my entire life.
— Pilou Asbaek
I did a film called 'Worlds Apart' about a Jehovah's Witness. I was the love interest - the male lead - but the story was about the female lead, a young girl who is a part of this cult, and she wants to break out. She meets a guy who has to help her. She has to find out who she is. It's more like a coming of age story.
I'm not a natural leader. If you see me in a room, I'm the guy standing in a corner hiding. I'm not an alpha male.
One of the things I've learned from 'Borgen' is that it's very easy to criticise people; 'I hate this politician, I hate what they do.' You are doing this right now with Margaret Thatcher, but sometimes it's hard to be a politician. I'm not defending Margaret Thatcher, but we believe our statesmen are also human beings.
I think a role model is a person who says, 'This is who I am.'
Guess what? Human beings are complex.
'Eurovision' is a party. I've never said no to a party, so I'm not saying no to this.
I'm not cynical. I cry at 'ET.' And 'Kung Fu Panda!'
I like to do my own stunts, but sometimes you need a little bit of help.
I was so irritated that people in Denmark considered me to be this serious guy who only did dramatic roles.
I'm not in a position where I can pick and choose. It's the other way around. The studios pick and choose.
With 'A Hijacking' I didn't talk to anyone who had been hijacked, but with 'A War,' I talked to as many soldiers as possible trying to understand how is it in Afghanistan.
For me, it's very important that the people I'm working with are feeling happy.
I think six seasons are telling us one thing about 'Game of Thrones': Everyone should watch their back. No one is safe. That's what I love about the show. I love that it's so unpredictable.
I want to keep pushing those boundaries of acting.
I'm trying to have a family and a career.
The leading character isn't always the most important or interesting character; when people think that the protagonist is the character portrayed, it's people who haven't read Shakespeare.
I want to direct in Denmark. I married a writer; my best friend's a writer, so I always wanted to be a writer.
I have no ambitions at all! I have none... seriously. I want to be a good father. I want to be a good husband. I want to be a good son, a good brother, a good family member. I don't have any ambition to direct a film or write a play. I like acting.
I did some theatre straight out of school, and it wasn't anything spectacular at all.
I do enjoy the Scottish way of playing football.
I love people who go out and say, 'If cinema is God, then I'm the pope.' As an actor working with these kinds of people, the older you get, the more you appreciate it.
I watched 'Eurovision.' And I actually like the show. I like wind machines. I like the whole glimmer-glamour thing. That's 'Eurovision.' We love to hate it.
I never read anything that's written about me.
I'm the worst liar alive.
In my home country, which is one of the oldest kingdoms in the world, you're born with the title. You don't get elected. I don't know how the king and queen of Denmark would respond if they suddenly had to do a speech, if the people would vote for them. I don't know how that would end up.
I started quite late. I didn't know acting was a job.
It was great fun being part of a TV series that I'd been a fan of for five years. I've been watching it every single Monday when with my wife. It was like a ritual - every Monday night on HBO Nordic, we would watch 'Game of Thrones' together.
Life is not black and white; there is some gray nuance to it.
It's always difficult when you're working with Mother Nature, because you need to adapt to that.
As an actor, you want roles that are full of meat.
Films come and go. Families stay.
As a private person, I am maybe more 'Eurovision' than Kasper Juul.
I don't know - the whole leading man, I don't buy it.
I love 'Sex and the City,' but it's also wonderful that there's something else other than 'Sex and the City.'
I have the deepest, deepest respect for these guys who are actually fighting for democracy in countries far away.
I was the first person in the family to be an actor.
That guy in 'The Simpsons' - I love Groundskeeper Willie.
Overnight, I became a public figure.
I'm not a religious guy at all.
I did half a year of theatre.
I love my kid. I love a boring life.
The American president isn't just the American president. He's going to be the leader of the whole Western world, you know? You got a pretty big responsibility.
Whenever you do a film, it's always like a little miracle. So many people getting together trying to do something so that the audience can be entertained.
In 'A Hijacking,' the characters are low-status people.
Honestly, I think it's kind of corny to sit and watch your own work.
I think all interesting characters have some kind of a complex.
Trump starts out by saying, 'We need to build walls; we need to do this.' He's very bombastic in what he's saying and his approach to the world.
I'm a father first.
On 'Ghost In The Shell,' I'm looking forward more to working with Scarlett Johannson and Rupert Sanders than portraying a lead!
