Nikolaj Coster Quotes & Sayings

Most female actresses will have a very difficult time being made unattractive. — Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

[From a May 1, 2004 article entitled "Still Up to Mischief" from The Guardian reporting on and quoting Altman]
Still, it's worth noting that by the age of 20 this whistle- blower had resisted two of the most powerful institutions - church and army, both. He is an atheist, 'And I have been against all of these wars ever since. — Robert Altman

I've been a leader practically my whole life. I don't know what it is to follow. — Eli Manning

The astonishing thing is that some people are good, and that many others try to be. — Katherine Boo

I'm pretty conservative on a lot of things. I don't want to get hurt. — Joey Logano

I try not to regret too much. I find that feeling guilty takes up so much of my time already. — Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

I couldn't pick up a sword and go fight anyone, let me put it that way. It's choreography and it's acting. The best sword fights you see look amazing, but it's the acting that sells it more than anything. — Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Nikolaj [Coster-Waldau] plays one of the ugliest villains. We had to create such a horrible guy, because he is the bad guy in the [The Other Woman] movie. We took him as far pathologically as possible. — Kate Upton

The only thing I find difficult to watch - horror movies - not that I don't like them. Like 'The Shining,' it's one of my favorite movies, but it's terrifying. I feel like I've watched a marathon afterwards. — Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

If you look at most of the Royal Houses in Europe, the inbreeding was pretty outstanding. — Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Combining paid employment with marriage and motherhood creates safeguards for emotional well-being. Nothing is certain in life, but generally the chances of happiness are greater if one has multiple areas of interest and involvement. To juggle is to diminish the risk of depression, anxiety, and unhappiness. — Faye J Crosby

To see the clothes in movement like that, to create for dancers, is special. — Isabel Toledo

It's beautiful being out in the wild. — Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

I've never understood why you would turn down a great role. — Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

All actors tend to be the same messed-up people. — Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

A villain to me is someone who actively seeks to hurt someone or does things for his own gain. — Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

The more secrets and twists in a character, the better. — Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

As an actor, secrets and obstacles fuel the character. — Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

I think we all have the capacity of evil in us. — Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

When I was a kid I was always afraid of small dogs, because they always seemed like the ones that would attack. — Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

I've never understood why we would want to deny all the joys - and the challenges - of marriage to anyone. Which is why I think any loving, committed couple - gay or straight - should be able to get married. — Al Franken

I'm a huge 'Breaking Bad' fan; I would be really annoyed if anyone told me anything about what was going to happen in the last eight episodes. — Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

My idea of walking into the jaws of death is marrying some woman who has lost three husbands. — Kin Hubbard

Thought and beauty, like a hurricane or waves, should not know conventional, delimited forms. — Anton Chekhov

What I love about acting is that you are exposed to so many different things. Horse-riding, sailing, travelling to amazing places. — Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

I like to wear beautiful clothes, but I don't have that many. — Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

I was 15 or 16 when I first saw 'Once Upon A Time In America,' so I was quite young, but I was completely blown away. — Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

You always dream of being part of a show that reaches and thrills an audience. — Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

What wings are to a bird, and sails to a ship, so is prayer to the soul.
— Corrie Ten Boom

I like to be comfortable. — Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

I love political dramas. I love good story-telling. — Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

The third figure, a tall, old man with a pointed, white goatee, stepped past Mr. Saffron and walked casually down the corridor, scanning the doors. — G. Norman Lippert

I'm a fan of great storytelling. — Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

I know nothing more annoying when people I don't know jump to conclusions on my person based on nothing but gossip or speculation. — Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

What's great about 'Game of Thrones' is they change the perspective, the POV, all the time. So you will have one story told by one character and you'll go, 'Oh my God, horrible', and then maybe the season after you have the same story told but from the person you thought was just the most horrible, vile creature. — Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

My lack of capacity doesn't change the kingdom's needs. — Brandon Sanderson

One thing George R. R. Martin does is surprising things to main characters. But he says so himself. — Nikolaj Coster-Waldau