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30 quotes by Lasse Hallstrom

Lars Sven "Lasse" Hallström (Swedish: [ˈla.ˈsɛ ˈhal.ˈstrœm]; born 2 June 1946) is a Swedish film director and screenwriter. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director for My Life as a Dog (Mitt liv som hund) (1985) and later for The Cider House Rules (1999).
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My father would tell anyone who would listen that this dentist thing he was doing was not his passion; cinematography was.

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I can't go back and label myself as an outcast because I was a pretty well-adjusted kid, but I can certainly relate to the feeling of being an... →

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

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

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

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

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But I notice that there is a lack of darkness in my movies and I don't know where that comes from.

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Cinema has become a global economy, totally international.

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

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

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

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

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

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