We can ask ourselves why we invent God, and then, ten minutes later, we invent Satan - why? Because we need him; there's something fascinating about the other side of the coin.
I'm a beer man. I tried to drink whiskey and Scotch, but I don't get it. It smells like a girl who didn't shower and just splashed a lot of perfume on.
There is a tendency to underestimate the power of what we can do without words. Sometimes you can make a scene even more powerful and precise without dialogue.
Being physical and doing my own stunts - it is fun to do these kind of films once in a while, especially before you get too old.
There's no such thing as easy, but it's easier when a script is good.
Sometimes you're trying your best and you still can't find a solution, but I try not to waste my life living in a dark place.
If you're not bruised up, then you're not doing an action film in a real way.
I make an awesome soup with coconut milk and shrimps; it takes me five hours to prepare the whole thing. It does become very spicy, but you can definitely taste all the ingredients.
I felt perhaps 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' was a little premature. It was a huge hit around the world - it was still running in the theatres - and the Americans at that time were already shooting the remake, and I was like, 'Whoa! Give it a break of five or six years and get a little inspired, and then do it.'
I was a gymnast for many years before I was a dancer, so it comes in pretty handy when we do stunts.
Sometimes we misunderstand what films can do. We just throw a whole book in there, with people just talking, talking, and talking. The picture can tell, the frame can tell.
I don't wear cologne. I do occasionally, but anytime I take a shower, I just put on deodorant. That's basically what I smell like.
If David Bowie wants, I'll put him in my phone book.
I always wanted to play some kind of instrument - piano, saxophone, whatever. I took it up for a while, then forgot about it because I didn't have the time.
I go to the pub, hang out with my family - that's pretty much it. I also do a lot of sports when I get the chance. I'm actually a pretty mellow guy.
I'm not ambitious about my career, but I am ambitious with each job. I can be fairly annoying to work with.
I'd rather be voted 'the sexiest man in Denmark' than 'the ugliest man in Denmark'.
I was a late bloomer, but I had a career as a contemporary dancer before that, so I had some kind of connection to this world. But I was always a little more in love with the drama of dancing than the aesthetics, so I thought, 'Why don't you give it a chance if you think you can do it a little different?'
Once you do one bad guy, usually all you get offered is bad guys. But I've been able to do different things.
I can never wink at the audience.
