Lasse Quotes & Sayings

But now I wish I could back to Stockholm to make international films there. — Lasse Hallstrom

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

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

Cinema has become a global economy, totally international. — Lasse Hallstrom

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. — Lasse Hallstrom

The important things are to train hard, and not give up hope. — Lasse Viren

Run as much miles as I did and you'll learn the secret of running, but I can't guarantee you'll win in Olympics. — Lasse Viren

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. — Lasse Hallstrom

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

My films do have characters who have trouble escaping the world around them. — Lasse Hallstrom

Good Hobbinoll, what garres thee greete?
What! hath some wolfe thy tender lambes ytorne?
Or is thy bagpype broke, that soundes so sweete?
Or art thou of thy loved lasse forlorne? — Edmund Spenser

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. — Lasse Hallstrom

I am always more interested in performance and character depiction, and my direction says as much. — Lasse Hallstrom

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

But I notice that there is a lack of darkness in my movies and I don't know where that comes from. — Lasse Hallstrom

A film that is bleached tends to have a more realistic quality. — Lasse Hallstrom

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. — Lasse Hallstrom

[Depp] has real ambitions, but he is deeply afraid of being considered pretentious. — Lasse Hallstrom

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. — Lasse Hallstrom

I always need a couple of highlights to really spark the passion for a project. — Lasse Hallstrom

Working with Lasse Hallstroem was like a rollercoaster, because he doesn't have one specific vision. It changes daily, or it's always evolving. — Manish Dayal

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. — Lasse Hallstrom

As actors you're always afraid to go too far but Lasse Hallstrom wants you to go too far. He wants you to do it wrong, to be over-the-top, and that's so freeing to be able to think 'Now I can try and be bad'. There's no pressure on you and you don't feel you can make a mistake. — Channing Tatum

ABBA: The Movie; I got a lot of grief for working on that. — Lasse Hallstrom

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. — Lasse Hallstrom

My father was an amateur filmmaker who shot 8mm color documentaries. — Lasse Hallstrom

I feel the need to work with my wife, Lena Olin, again. — Lasse Hallstrom

I love mixing amateurs and professionals. — Lasse Hallstrom

To see my wife getting inspired from my notes and thoughts, going in the direction I wanted, and have her surprise me with wonderful choices was a real treat. — Lasse Hallstrom

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. — Lasse Hallstrom

I always try to preserve my cinematographic style, even while I work in the US. I wish to always be European. — Lasse Hallstrom

My father would tell anyone who would listen that this dentist thing he was doing was not his passion; cinematography was. — Lasse Hallstrom

Dream barriers look very high until someone climbs them. They are not barriers anymore. — Lasse Viren

To make a movie charming, you have to be playful on all levels and open to ideas, and you have to have an idea for how to do that within the confines of the shooting schedule and editing and all that. — Lasse Hallstrom

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

My key interest in choosing scripts is character-driven stories, because there are so many stories that sacrifice character for plot. — Lasse Hallstrom

I love improvising. — Lasse Hallstrom

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

If you're striving for strong emotion and strong sentiment, and you're authentic with it and honest with it, then you're on the right side of the line. But if you step into sentimentality, there is a false move or a false tone to it. — Lasse Hallstrom