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16 quotes by Lena Olin

Lena Olin Olin and husband Lasse Hallström in 2013 Born Lena Maria Jonna Olin (1955-03-22) 22 March 1955 (age 59) Stockholm, Sweden Occupation Actress Years active 1976–present Spouse(s) Lasse Hallström (m. 1994) Children 2 Lena Maria Jonna Olin (born 22 March 1955) is a Swedish actress. She has been nominated for several acting awards, including a Golden Globe for The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) and an Academy Award...
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It strikes me every time I do an interview that I don't really sit around thinking about my goals and my life and my career. I do what I love... →

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To be a good actor, you have to be very smart. But to be a great actor, you also have to have a streak of, 'I'm an idiot, a complete... →

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I was so full of joy, the happiest kid. Things changed. I don't want to talk about it. I needed attention. I was pathologically shy. I'd... →

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Choosing a role is very difficult. There's no way to have a strategy.

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Everyone is complicated one way or another. But it's interesting to dig into a complicated character, to try to find that within yourself.

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I use myself for each part. Naturally, it's my body, it's my soul, it's my feelings. That's the only way I know how to work. I... →

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It's important not to lay in a bubble bath drinking champagne. It's important to take part in what life's all about.

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I love the camera; there's something very special and sensual about it, and I have a tendency to call it a he, like it was a man. But, unlike a... →

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Acting is a very strange job.

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I always sort of create practical problems so that I don't have to see a film I've just done. I'm too vulnerable, too fragile. People see... →

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I consume music the way other people consume movies.

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I'm not regimented. I don't diet, and I exercise the way I want to.

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In Sweden, stardom is looked upon as phony. You walk to the theater every day like everybody else.

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