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I became a dancer late and an actor late.
Mads Mikkelsen
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Mads Mikkelsen
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: November 22
Actor
Executive Producer
Film Actor
Television Actor
Voice Actor
København
Mads Dittmann Mikkelsen
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II know a little about Greek mythology. It's not that far away from the Nordic mythology.
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I take my work enormously seriously. When I do something, it has to feel right. Everything has to be right. I’m not ambitious about my career, but I am ambitious with each job. I can be fairly annoying to work with. No compromises, let’s put it this way. Compromises are from hell.
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I'm terrified about psychic people who have their little shops.
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The physicality of any character is always split up into fast, slow, high energy, low energy, what kind of personality he has. So that's where the physicality comes in. And flying through the air is just something you have to do if they ask you.
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I'd rather be voted the sexiest man in Denmark than the ugliest man in Denmark.
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Actors are very good at not revealing anything, so they're safe.
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Yeah, I do all the stuff I can. Let’s be frank, if you are in an action film, you are not in it for the characters, you are in it for the action – the stunts. If they take that away from you, it’s a sad story. Ha ha! I have damaged everything: knees, elbows, ribs. But I’m an old gymnast. I know how to survive.
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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.
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I think 40 years ago, it would have been a little bit different because people had a tendency to think the actor was their part. I do find people who, all of a sudden, realize who is sitting in the restaurant and the first thing they react on is not necessarily, There's that actor, but it's, There's that killer guy.
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I'm in a very lucky position. You have to remember that 95 percent of all actors aren't working. I'm actually able to go to France and work. It's a situation I couldn't have dreamt up.
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I'm very dedicated to the things I do.
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Danish film is spreading in a fantastic way.
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I'm one of the actors who really enjoys working with kids and animals, which is always a no go. There's something beautiful about it because you tend to forget yourself, as an actor.
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I was a gymnast for many years before I was a dancer, so it comes in pretty handy when I do stunts.
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I'd just love to see the next Star Wars films when they come out because I'm very into the whole universe and the stories. So they're always rewarding.
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When you do a TV show, there's always the fear that it will become tired and you'll know exactly what's going to happen.
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Everybody wants a big crowd. You get amazed sometimes with certain things that millions of people are watching and you go, Serious?! Really?! And then, there are things that you really, really enjoy and not a lot of people are watching. It's very, very hard to predict how it works.
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I'm not the kind of actor who runs around and insists on being called Stravinsky by everybody, and my family has to call me Igor. I'm not that kind of actor. I think that's pretentious.
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