Skarsgard Bill Quotes & Sayings

It is in the irony of things that the theatre should be the most dangerous place for the actor. But, then, after all, the world is the worst possible place, the most corrupting place, for the human soul. And just as there is no escape from the world, which follows us into the very heart of the desert, so the actor cannot escape the theatre. And the actor who is a dreamer need not. All of us can only strive to remain uncontaminated. In the world we must be unworldly, in the theatre the actor must be untheatrical. — Minnie Maddern Fiske

A character on screen that's the 'good guy' or the 'bad guy,' they're never interesting. There's got to be an internal struggle, the duality is important to find. — Bill Skarsgard

My height can be a problem. A lot of directors and photographers are sometimes not happy because I'm pretty tall and especially if I work with short actors the difference can be pretty massive. — Bill Skarsgard

To me, it's all about inspiration. What gets me creatively excited is a challenge. — Bill Skarsgard

In terms of jobs, I'm an actor. There's gotta' be depth there. I'd never say yes to something just to play the hot guy. That's not what I'm interested in. — Bill Skarsgard

TV is a very sensitive thing. If you're not happy with what you're doing, I don't think you should do it because you will do it for awhile. — Bill Skarsgard

I am appalled by the great injustice being perpetrated by those Jewish organizations that engage in anti-Christian bigotry. — Daniel Lapin

I come from a family of pacifists, so it's not like I was going to join the war. Sweden is not like the States or England where you might get sent to Afghanistan next month. — Bill Skarsgard

I don't want to ever think that I don't know what to do. I want to deal with my own things, to perform my own roles, to be like, "I did this." — Bill Skarsgard

It's funny: it takes a while to really get your character. It's impossible to do it on the first day. That's the same way in films; if you start shooting a film, maybe a couple weeks in, you're like, "Ah! Now I think I really get him." — Bill Skarsgard

Your powers are dead or dedicated. If they are dedicated, they are alive with God and tingle with surprising power. If they are saved up, taken care of for their own ends, they are dead. — E. Stanley Jones

I needed to be myself and find my own identity. — Bill Skarsgard

Acting was always there, it's true. But for a long time, in my teenage years, I wasn't sure about it - not because I didn't like it, but I didn't want people to think I hadn't earned it. — Bill Skarsgard

When I read a script and have my first interaction with this character, do I feel like there's something I'm gonna' learn here? If I feel like it's something I've done before, then what's the incentive for me to do it? — Bill Skarsgard

Do you realize that after eminent success in God's work, there is more need for prayer than when we are at the foothills of a struggle for survival? The moments of victory and success are more dangerous than moments of darkness and depression. — Oswald Chambers

I'm always looking for something that's real and that's got meat on it. I think it's artistic suicide if you're too vain, or if you're afraid to play ugly. I would never fall for that. — Bill Skarsgard

I've lived in California for six years and I've never surfed. — Bill Skarsgard

I see myself as most people see themselves, you have good days and bad days. I don't think I'm better looking now than I did three years ago. — Bill Skarsgard

A child's permanent personality is substantially formed by age six. — David Baldacci

I can deal with it now, but 13 is a tough age to be recognized and famous. It's a tough age, period. — Bill Skarsgard

Personally I don't believe in bad people. I think there's always a reason for people acting badly. — Bill Skarsgard

Sweden is a small country and, well, our family's pretty prominent in that world, I guess. And I really didn't like the sound of just being 'the fourth acting Skarsgard.' — Bill Skarsgard

I worked with Lady Gaga for a day on a video shoot. It was crazy; we had a lot of fun. I had a great time. — Bill Skarsgard

In movies we tend make things black and white: you're either this, or you're that. — Bill Skarsgard

I have three older brothers, and each one of them has chosen one of my parents' education. Two of them are actors, and the third is a doctor as my mother is. — Bill Skarsgard