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There's something I love about how stark the contrast is between January and June in Sweden.

- Bill Skarsgard

Love, Something, About, June

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

Interesting, Bad, Internal, Struggle

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

Bad, I See, Better Looking, Bad Days

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

Think, Always, Sure, Teenage Years

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.

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Work, Pretty, Directors, Tall

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.

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Great Time, Had, Gaga, Shoot

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?

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Feel, Here, Before, Incentive

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

Small, Country, Pretty, Fourth

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

- Bill Skarsgard

Me, Excited, About, Creatively

A true artist, in my mind, is willing to fail sometimes, because if you're not brave enough to say yes and follow your gut, it's never going to be good.

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Mind, Artist, Going, Brave

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

Play, Think, Always, Meat

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

Play, Yes, Gotta, Depth

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.

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England, Next, Like, Sweden

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.

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Education, Them, Each One, Chosen

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

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Famous, Deal, Period, Recognized

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

- Bill Skarsgard

Never, Lived, Six, California

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

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Movies, White, Either, Tend

I needed to be myself and find my own identity.

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Identity, Find, Needed, My Own

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