Author Profile
Alexander Skarsgard
1976 • Swedish • Actor
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Showing 56 quotesI 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.— Alexander Skarsgard
I don't like those artificial air fresheners. They just smell so fake. It's too much.— Alexander Skarsgard
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.— Alexander Skarsgard
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.— Alexander Skarsgard
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.— Alexander Skarsgard
People don't know much about what's going on on the ground in Iraq: what you see in the media is heavily censored.— Alexander Skarsgard
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.— Alexander Skarsgard
In general, we are lazy as consumers and just want to label people as good guy, bad guy.— Alexander Skarsgard
To me, when I watch movies, it's always fun to watch the bad cop or the bad guy.— Alexander Skarsgard
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.— Alexander Skarsgard
There are a lot of Swedes in Hollywood in general. We have a tendency to know each other and help each other out.— Alexander Skarsgard
I'm really into 'Veep.' I think that the showrunner Armando Iannucci is a genius.— Alexander Skarsgard
'True Blood' was the most amazing adventure of my life; I met some of my best friends.— Alexander Skarsgard
On a global scale, the way Trump talks about dealing with foreign policy is very scary.— Alexander Skarsgard
It was always chaos with Mom, Dad, uncles, you know; we all lived in the same building. Dinner parties with 25 people every night.— Alexander Skarsgard