Alexander Skarsgard Quotes
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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I'm such a stereotypical female learner in that I love social studies and love literature, and I always struggled with math and science.
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I didn't audition for 'SNL.' I sent in a tape to 'SNL' the year before I started writing there, but I got the job there through doing stand-up on Fallon.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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I don't try to sugarcoat things, but I also think my books make positive statements about the people and values in small-town America.
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I think men, growing up, you have to go through some form of hardship. You've got to harden the metal.
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Both my parents are Scottish, and although I grew up in Canada after moving over, all of my family are proud to be Scots.
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It's all part of my journey - I've done a lot of stupid things, but you learn by your mistakes.
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I love anything to do with history.
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Satan, the leader or dictator of devils, is the opposite, not of God, but of Michael.
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The values by which we are to survive are not rules for just and unjust conduct, but are those deeper illuminations in whose light justice and injustice, good and evil, means and ends are seen in fearful sharpness of outline.
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The longer I live the more convinced I become that one of the greatest honors we can confer on other people is to see them as they are, to recognize not only that they exist, but that they exist in specific ways and have specific realities.
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I did do some Shakespeare on film, it's really difficult. It's really interesting, because I was doing a series in Canada called 'Slings and Arrows' and it was about a company based around the Stratford Festival.
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In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina.
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In my grandfather's lab, scientists did independent research, and peers reviewed and commented on its merits. Politics, he taught me, had no place in the scientific process.
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I thought of learning cinematography, so I assisted a cinematographer for an ad.
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As a little kid, I climbed a lot of trees because I always loved the bird's-eye view.
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Part of adulthood is searching for the people who understand you.
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I worked for half a cent a word. I'm not a fast writer to begin with, so for the first few years I had do other things.
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When I stopped performing for 16 years and lived in Michigan and was married and raising my children, I wrote about four or five books. I haven't published them. I just haven't gotten around to it for several reasons.
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One of the most precious parts of acting is the work before you show up on the set, the time you spend being with your character before you bring that character to life. To me, that's the most rewarding part of it all. It feels very good to show up on a set just knowing that's with you.
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I did very little marketing. The key is to make your clients money. If you have a good track record, people will find you and knock on your door. Just make your clients money.
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What should a good children’s book be like? If you ask me, I can tell you after thinking long and hard: It must be good.
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Routines, or lack thereof, are a pretty good way to get to know someone.
