Swedish Quotes

The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat. The pursuit of peace and progress, with its trials and its errors, its successes and its setbacks, can never be relaxed and never abandoned.

Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon.

It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.

God does not die on the day when we cease to believe in a personal deity, but we die on the day when our lives cease to be illumined by the steady radiance, renewed daily, of a wonder, the source of which is beyond all reason.

Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find the right road.

What makes loneliness an anguish is not that I have no one to share my burden, but this: I have only my own burden to bear.

The longest journey is the journey inwards. Of him who has chosen his destiny, Who has started upon his quest for the source of his being.

Friendship needs no words - it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness.

Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.

Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean again.

Many of the comedies I had made in Sweden were slightly based on semi-autobiographical experiences, so adapting novels was a very different experience.

Kevin, as the whole cast is, just wonderful people and great people, and people who are attracted to this kind of material and accepting the idea of going to Newfoundland and knowing the kind of lack of amenities.

It's just, for me, the natural standard: a woman should be able to decide over her own body.

It was important on The Shipping News to have my house far enough away from each location so I had this time in the morning to think about my shots and still remain open to surprises once I got to the set.

I'm on this diet where you're supposed to eat only fish and meat.

I was always attracted by the European way of life, but I am deeply Swedish.

I think I avoid stepping into sentimentality by trying to be as truthful as possible with performances.

I really want to have actors contribute their own ideas, with phrasings and ideas on all levels.

I made all their videos, apart from the last two, so if you ever see an Abba video on TV then it's my stuff.

I love mixing amateurs and professionals.

I love involving actors at all levels - and they have to know that I want to hear their contributions, with dialogue, with story suggestions, with script changes, whatever.

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 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.

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.