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As an actor, what's interesting is what's hidden away beneath the surface. You want to be like a duck on a pond - very calm on the surface but paddling away like crazy underneath.

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Beneath, Pond, Very, Duck

To go from 'Generation Kill,' which is a very real, dark, gritty series, to 'True Blood,' which is flamboyant, crazy, way out there... I couldn't ask for two better jobs.

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Generation, Which, Gritty, Flamboyant

We don't have paparazzi following you in Sweden.

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You, Following, Sweden, Paparazzi

I grew up in a very urban, bohemian family where everyone was a hippie or a pacifist. It was artistically and intellectually stimulating, but they were definitely not into outdoor sports or activities.

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Sports, Everyone, Very, Hippie

There was this sausage factory a block away from my childhood apartment. It didn't smell nice, like chorizo or something; it was pretty foul. Just nasty. But that smell reminds me so much of my childhood because every morning when I was going to school, I would smell that.

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Smell, Away, Sausage, Nasty

People don't know much about what's going on on the ground in Iraq: what you see in the media is heavily censored.

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Going, About, Iraq, Censored

I've always been interested in those Orwellian dystopian novels, like 'Fahrenheit 451,' 'Brave New World,' and obviously Orwell's '1984.'

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New, Always, Been, New World

When you're in the public eye, we all feel like we're constantly observed, so we don't let things out. Anger, sadness, happiness - when does that come out? Maybe when you're in traffic, because you're in the safety of your little metallic bubble.

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Sadness, Feel, Maybe, Public Eye

I was thirteen, and I did a movie that got attention, and I got attention, and I didn't like it - it made me uncomfortable - so I just quit. And then I was trying to figure out what to do and was worthless at everything, so I was like, 'All right, I'll try acting again.'

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Movie, Out, Got, Thirteen

I'm always going with my visceral reaction when I read a script. I am more drawn to characters who are conflicted, and in developing a character exploration. If it's a baddie, I'm rarely intrigued, and if it's a goody two-shoes - too much of a good guy - I'm not, either.

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Guy, Developing, Visceral, Intrigued

I spent a summer in Texas when I was eight, in Fredericksburg, which is, like, real Texas. It's, like, cowboys and stuff. That was my first time in the States, and I was eight years old. It was also the first time I tasted Dr. Pepper, which blew my mind.

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Summer, Texas, Pepper, Blew

I've always freelanced as an actor, and you always have to worry about the next paycheck. When I booked 'True Blood,' I promised myself I would take advantage of the fact that for the first time in my career, I could afford to turn down big money to go and do small, character-driven indies.

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Small, Big, Next, Indies

Life isn't one-dimensional. The world isn't simply divided into good versus evil. I think we're all capable of both.

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Think, Divided, I Think, Versus

I spent two months in Fredericksburg, Texas, when I was 8, while my father shot a movie, and I loved it. I just embraced the whole cowboy culture. I got myself a pair of awesome boots and a cowboy hat.

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Father, Movie, Whole, Boots

There's something I love about how stark the contrast is between January and June in Sweden. In a way, I feel that time doesn't exist in LA. Sometimes I don't know if it's February or April or October, because you're always sitting outside on the same patio, and it's 70 degrees.

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Love, Sometimes, About, La

We are civilized human beings, but we're all animals deep down, and that creates a certain friction in all of us.

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Deep, Deep Down, Civilized, Friction

I've been a member of Greenpeace since I was a teenager.

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Been, Member, Greenpeace, Teenager

As a teenager, I didn't want to be an actor at all.

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Want, Actor, Teenager

Being followed is weird, that people want to discuss where I ate lunch or what I wear when I go to lunch... the private life is just gone.

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Lunch, Want, Private, Discuss

When we were shooting in Shreveport, me and a couple of friends went down to Lafayette, because they had a big Zydeco music festival down there. We spent two days dancing to Zydeco music, eating fried alligator... It was one of the craziest festivals I've ever been to in my life, but I loved it.

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Dancing, My Life, Big, Craziest

In some people's eyes, nudity is so much more dangerous than violence. I never really understood that.

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More, Some, Dangerous, Understood

I have to be careful because there is something destructive within me, I think, and I can have a tendency to just search for the kicks. I can't really get too close to someone who's too destructive, or too dark, because then I might go down the rabbit hole myself.

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I Think, Careful, Tendency, Kicks

I saw 'Tootsie' with Jessica Lange when I was eight or nine. I remember feeling something in my stomach. I didn't know what it was, but I wanted to watch that movie over and over again.

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I Remember, Over, Nine, Jessica

Swedes are such a civilised, perfect society - at least on the surface. There's a great safety net, a huge middle class, free education, free health care. People are very polite, they wait their turn. They're not too loud, they're not too quiet, but sometimes it's a little too perfect.

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Wait, Very, Polite, Middle Class

I like to dress up and put on a nice suit for a party or a special event; I do enjoy it, but on a daily basis, I wear stuff that I feel comfortable in, you know?

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Dress, Like, Daily Basis, Party

Routines, or lack thereof, are a pretty good way to get to know someone.

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Someone, Pretty, Thereof, Routines

When you meet someone, of course you want it to last forever. It'd be very depressing if you didn't feel that way. But things change, and you maybe grow apart. You have to accept that.

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Grow, Last, Very, Apart

It was always chaos with Mom, Dad, uncles, you know; we all lived in the same building. Dinner parties with 25 people every night.

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Chaos, Always, Dad, Every Night

I'm not saying everything in Sweden is perfect, because it's not. But it is interesting having grown up in a social democratic country such as Sweden and then watching what's going on in the U.S. and the income disparity.

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Country, Income, Having, Disparity

The system in Sweden is great because you get free healthcare and free education; someone who doesn't have a lot of money can become a doctor or lawyer. There's good paternity and maternity leave - the U.S. is probably the only civilised country in the world that doesn't give parents anything.

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Education, Good, Country, Lawyer

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