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I think if you just made a film that says, 'This is anti-war,' and you had to spend two hours explaining that... you don't like war? Wow, that's original. Know what I mean?

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Think, Hours, I Think, Anti-War

I do enjoy the Scottish way of playing football.

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Football, Enjoy, Playing, Scottish

I love 'Sex and the City,' but it's also wonderful that there's something else other than 'Sex and the City.'

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Love, City, Other, Sex And The City

In my home country, which is one of the oldest kingdoms in the world, you're born with the title. You don't get elected. I don't know how the king and queen of Denmark would respond if they suddenly had to do a speech, if the people would vote for them. I don't know how that would end up.

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Queen, Country, Had, Kingdoms

It was great fun being part of a TV series that I'd been a fan of for five years. I've been watching it every single Monday when with my wife. It was like a ritual - every Monday night on HBO Nordic, we would watch 'Game of Thrones' together.

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Game, Been, TV, Great Fun

With 'A Hijacking' I didn't talk to anyone who had been hijacked, but with 'A War,' I talked to as many soldiers as possible trying to understand how is it in Afghanistan.

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War, Understand, Been, Hijacked

I watched 'Eurovision.' And I actually like the show. I like wind machines. I like the whole glimmer-glamour thing. That's 'Eurovision.' We love to hate it.

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Love, Like, Show, Wind

I'm not a natural leader. If you see me in a room, I'm the guy standing in a corner hiding. I'm not an alpha male.

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Leader, Natural, Guy, Alpha

I don't know - the whole leading man, I don't buy it.

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Know, Buy, Leading, Leading Man

Whenever you do a film, it's always like a little miracle. So many people getting together trying to do something so that the audience can be entertained.

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Audience, Always, Like, Entertained

In 'A Hijacking,' the characters are low-status people.

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People, Characters, Hijacking

One of the things I've learned from 'Borgen' is that it's very easy to criticise people; 'I hate this politician, I hate what they do.' You are doing this right now with Margaret Thatcher, but sometimes it's hard to be a politician. I'm not defending Margaret Thatcher, but we believe our statesmen are also human beings.

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Doing, Sometimes, Very, None

I'm not cynical. I cry at 'ET.' And 'Kung Fu Panda!'

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Cry, Kung Fu, Kung, Cynical

The leading character isn't always the most important or interesting character; when people think that the protagonist is the character portrayed, it's people who haven't read Shakespeare.

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Think, Always, Read, Portrayed

I was so irritated that people in Denmark considered me to be this serious guy who only did dramatic roles.

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Dramatic, Considered, Roles, Denmark

I want to direct in Denmark. I married a writer; my best friend's a writer, so I always wanted to be a writer.

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Want, Always, Wanted, Denmark

I did a film called 'Worlds Apart' about a Jehovah's Witness. I was the love interest - the male lead - but the story was about the female lead, a young girl who is a part of this cult, and she wants to break out. She meets a guy who has to help her. She has to find out who she is. It's more like a coming of age story.

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Love, Jehovah, Worlds, Apart

The American president isn't just the American president. He's going to be the leader of the whole Western world, you know? You got a pretty big responsibility.

- Pilou Asbaek

Leader, Big, Pretty, Western World

That guy in 'The Simpsons' - I love Groundskeeper Willie.

- Pilou Asbaek

Love, The Simpsons, I Love, Simpsons

On 'Ghost In The Shell,' I'm looking forward more to working with Scarlett Johannson and Rupert Sanders than portraying a lead!

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Forward, More, Portraying, Ghost

I did some theatre straight out of school, and it wasn't anything spectacular at all.

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Theatre, Some, Straight, Spectacular

I'm the worst liar alive.

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Alive, Worst, Liar

The most exciting thing about joining 'Game Of Thrones' is joining 'Game Of Thrones.'

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Game, Joining, Most, Game Of Thrones

I think six seasons are telling us one thing about 'Game of Thrones': Everyone should watch their back. No one is safe. That's what I love about the show. I love that it's so unpredictable.

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Love, Game, Telling, Game Of Thrones

I have the deepest, deepest respect for these guys who are actually fighting for democracy in countries far away.

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Fighting, Away, Countries, Far Away

Honestly, I think it's kind of corny to sit and watch your own work.

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Think, I Think, Honestly, Corny

I love people who go out and say, 'If cinema is God, then I'm the pope.' As an actor working with these kinds of people, the older you get, the more you appreciate it.

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Love, More, Pope, Cinema

As an actor, you want roles that are full of meat.

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Want, Actor, Roles, Meat

I'm not in a position where I can pick and choose. It's the other way around. The studios pick and choose.

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Choose, Other, Studios, Pick And Choose

It's always difficult when you're working with Mother Nature, because you need to adapt to that.

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Nature, Mother, Always, Adapt

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