I can't go back and label myself as an outcast because I was a pretty well-adjusted kid, but I can certainly relate to the feeling of being an outsider.
ABBA: The Movie; I got a lot of grief for working on that.
I love improvising.
I imagined that it might be awkward to talk to your wife about her performance, so going into it I was a little nervous. But doing it was actually a wonderfully inspiring experience.
I got to work with my wife, Lena Olin, for the first time, which was great. I thought it might be difficult in some way to talk to one's wife in a different way but it was so not forced.
I feel the need to work with my wife, Lena Olin, again.
I discovered the 7th art at home when I was kid, through Charlie Chaplin's movies and those of my father who shot documentaries. He was my biggest influence. So I took his camera and started shooting.
I am always more interested in performance and character depiction, and my direction says as much.
I always try to preserve my cinematographic style, even while I work in the US. I wish to always be European.
I always need a couple of highlights to really spark the passion for a project.
Cinema has become a global economy, totally international.
But I notice that there is a lack of darkness in my movies and I don't know where that comes from.
A film that is bleached tends to have a more realistic quality.
But now I wish I could back to Stockholm to make international films there.
My films do have characters who have trouble escaping the world around them.