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Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
1970 • Danish • Actor
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Showing 60 quotesDivorce is always terrible, but I haven't met anyone who went through it and isn't happier now.— Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
I can't imagine life without my wife, but I don't think you should get a prize for staying together a long time.— Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Tina Fey's autobiography is very, very funny and very well written. It's her life story: it's about how she grows up in New York. There's no obvious reason why I should enjoy this - I mean, this is the autobiography of a woman in her early 40s in New York. I'm a guy from a small town in Denmark.— Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
You have to be sharp when the camera's rolling. I want to be totally unselfconscious, like a child playing. I do as much prep as possible so I can lose myself for those seconds.— Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
I did a network show in the U.S. before, and I loved it, but you have eight days to shoot an episode, and it's just a ridiculous pace.— Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
I think what's great is that, when HBO commit, they go in all guns blazing. They attract the very best set designers, the whole thing.— Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Most female actresses will have a very difficult time being made unattractive.— Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
One thing George R. R. Martin does is surprising things to main characters. But he says so himself.— Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
You always dream of being part of a show that reaches and thrills an audience.— Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
The only thing I find difficult to watch - horror movies - not that I don't like them. Like 'The Shining,' it's one of my favorite movies, but it's terrifying. I feel like I've watched a marathon afterwards.— Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
I try not to regret too much. I find that feeling guilty takes up so much of my time already.— Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
What I love about acting is that you are exposed to so many different things. Horse-riding, sailing, travelling to amazing places.— Nikolaj Coster-Waldau