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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English football is so physical and fast that when you see a space, you have to go into it with all your speed.
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I'm not saying 'I have cerebral palsy, pay attention to me.' We all have problems, and we have to figure out how to live our best life.
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Road racing at the moment because it's still so new to me. I like the fact that they are longer and teamwork is important. I guess the same is true for track, it's just that I have used track this year as a training device to improve my sprinting in road racing.
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It was a real sort of synergistic 'Aha!' moment when I started acting.
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At the end of the day, I'm an actor. I'm not here to sell other stuff or use off-screen things to generate whether or not I work. If I'm any good, I'll work; if I'm not, I won't.
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Routines, or lack thereof, are a pretty good way to get to know someone.
