“The day before I was famous in Denmark, nobody looked my way. The day ...” — Mads Mikkelsen Quote

“The day before I was famous in Denmark, nobody looked my way. The day after, everybody wanted to talk to me.”

“If people need to be informed by lines, then there's no reason why the actor is saying the line except for information for the audience; I think there's something wrong.”

“Awards mean absolutely nothing if you don't get it. If you do get it, they're the best thing in the world.”

“You're constantly trying to prove yourself, even after you've made it.”

“If someone has already done a role I'm about to do, I won't watch the original until after I'm finished playing the role.”

“I didn't own a record player when I was younger. I just played every day after school and then started gigging around town. I heard bands and songs through friends of mine, but a lot of what I picked up on was learned by traveling through college towns.”