Alexander Skarsgard

I spent a summer in Texas when I was eight, in Fredericksburg, which is, like, real Texas. It's, like, cowboys and stuff. That was my first time in the States, and I was eight years old. It was also the first time I tasted Dr. Pepper, which blew my mind.

I don't like those artificial air fresheners. They just smell so fake. It's too much.

I've been a member of Greenpeace since I was a teenager.

I'm always going with my visceral reaction when I read a script. I am more drawn to characters who are conflicted, and in developing a character exploration. If it's a baddie, I'm rarely intrigued, and if it's a goody two-shoes - too much of a good guy - I'm not, either.

It's all about trying to find those projects where you get to enjoy yourself, because I think that's when you create as well: when you're genuinely excited about something. Then you're not just doing it because it's your job.

I don't really have any plans in terms of what I want to do - movies, television, theater - but I'd love to do a play in New York.

People don't know much about what's going on on the ground in Iraq: what you see in the media is heavily censored.

When people stare at you, and you read about yourself in papers - at 13, it just got very confusing. I thought that if this is what it's like to be famous, I don't like it one bit.

In general, we are lazy as consumers and just want to label people as good guy, bad guy.

To me, when I watch movies, it's always fun to watch the bad cop or the bad guy.

I don't really have a three-year plan or a five-year plan. I don't know what's next, and that's what I find quite exciting. I dig it.

There are a lot of Swedes in Hollywood in general. We have a tendency to know each other and help each other out.

I'm really into 'Veep.' I think that the showrunner Armando Iannucci is a genius.

'True Blood' was the most amazing adventure of my life; I met some of my best friends.

On a global scale, the way Trump talks about dealing with foreign policy is very scary.

I'm definitely a city kid.

Routines, or lack thereof, are a pretty good way to get to know someone.

It was always chaos with Mom, Dad, uncles, you know; we all lived in the same building. Dinner parties with 25 people every night.

When you meet someone, of course you want it to last forever. It'd be very depressing if you didn't feel that way. But things change, and you maybe grow apart. You have to accept that.

In some people's eyes, nudity is so much more dangerous than violence. I never really understood that.