Mads Mikkelsen Quotes
I can be intense in a lot of ways, but not the way you see the guy in 'The Salvation.'
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The views of religious-Zionist rabbis are of course worthy of being heard, yet they represent a very defined and very narrow camp within the Israeli spectrum. This is not the way to shape the perception of future division and brigade commanders.
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You can't get AIDS from a hug or a handshake or a meal with a friend.
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Having an understanding of what's possible also makes me redouble my efforts to fight those who stand in the way of doing the things that my constituents and the country would want to get done.
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Because I'm a big guy, I was always playing the bad guy or whatever, but after I did 'The Blind Side,' where I played a father who's a really loving, likeable sort of person, a lot of those barriers were broken down. People saw me as something softer, not so much as a heavy anymore.
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I love making movies, but a movie becomes your entire life for, like, two to two and a half years. There's no way around it; if you're really going to be serious about a movie, it has to be your life.
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You have to understand, I can't do any jokes about Ross Perot, because the last thing I need right now is another credit check.
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When you are dining with a demon, you got to have a long spoon.
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Once you give up rights, they're not going to give them back.
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When you negotiate with terrorists, you get more terror.
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The very important thing you should have is patience.
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If you're human, you've had phases in your life when things are in flux.
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You can't get emotional about your work.
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You don't dream about things that are impossible; that are out of your range.
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A book is a gift you can open again and again.
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I'm sensitive, you know, about some things, and as some of my partners could attest to, incredibly insensitive.
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My dad is a really funny guy, and we would make jokes about my leukemia. When my friends would come over, we would joke about it, too.
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Well, you can't argue with somebody that won't argue back.
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That's the great thing about entering a convent: There are things that you simply can't do, so you don't have to worry about them.
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Gymnastics is so huge in the Olympics. There are a lot of fans who want to see more.
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'Lost' is driving toward an ending, and that ending is: Are these people getting off this island? What is the nature of this island? What is going to happen to them? What is their ultimate fate? What is their ultimate destiny? Those questions need to get answered.
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Rihanna is always on my playlist. I think she pumps you up and gets the day going. I also love - and I know this doesn't sound like a workout album - the Lumineers, lately, and Taylor Swift.
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When everyone around you is doing all this incredible pirate acting and you're having to sort of play the straight guy and move the story forward, you kind of want to be doing some of that pirate ripping it up stuff, but in truth, to be a part of that project is what I love.
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As an actor, you ask yourself what you can do to put yourself in a position where you can play that role.
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I can be intense in a lot of ways, but not the way you see the guy in 'The Salvation.'
