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19 quotes by Alexander Skarsgard

Alexander Johan Hjalmar Skarsgård (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈskɑːʂɡoːɖ]; born August 25, 1976) is a Swedish actor. He is best known for his roles as vampire Eric Northman on the HBO series True Blood, Meekus in Zoolander and Brad Colbert in the HBO miniseries Generation Kill. He is the son of Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård. Skarsgård has been cast as Tarzan in the upcoming film of the same name, to be released in 2016.
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There's something I love about how stark the contrast is between January and June in Sweden. In a way, I feel that time doesn't exist in LA.... →

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I have to be careful because there is something destructive within me, I think, and I can have a tendency to just search for the kicks. I can't... →

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As an actor, what's interesting is what's hidden away beneath the surface. You want to be like a duck on a pond - very calm on the surface... →

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I'm from Sweden. We don't wear clothes in Sweden.

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I'm pretty intense when it comes to relationships, platonic ones as well. If I feel a connection with someone, I'm willing to go there.

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Swedes are such a civilised, perfect society - at least on the surface. There's a great safety net, a huge middle class, free education, free... →

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All the characters I play are all inside of me in a way, and they're all different, the darkness, the lightness, whatever that is.

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Life isn't one-dimensional. The world isn't simply divided into good versus evil. I think we're all capable of both.

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You can never connect on a deeper level if you idolise someone - you don't see the real person.

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When we were shooting in Shreveport, me and a couple of friends went down to Lafayette, because they had a big Zydeco music festival down there. We... →

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Being followed is weird, that people want to discuss where I ate lunch or what I wear when I go to lunch... the private life is just gone.

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A true artist, in my mind, is willing to fail sometimes, because if you're not brave enough to say yes and follow your gut, it's never going... →

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I wasn't like a Hollywood child actor - 'I'm five! I can sing, I can dance, I can act! I wanna be a star!'

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