Lasse Hallstrom Quotes
Lars Sven "Lasse" Hallström (born 2 June 1946) is a Swedish film director. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director for My Life as a Dog and later for The Cider House Rules.
(1946 - )
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A film that is bleached tends to have a more realistic quality.
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ABBA: The Movie; I got a lot of grief for working on that.
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But I notice that there is a lack of darkness in my movies and I don't know where that comes from.
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But now I wish I could back to Stockholm to make international films there.
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Cinema has become a global economy, totally international.
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I always need a couple of highlights to really spark the passion for a project.
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I always try to preserve my cinematographic style, even while I work in the US. I wish to always be European.
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I am always more interested in performance and character depiction, and my direction says as much.
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I can't go back and label myself as an outcast because I was a pretty well-adjusted kid, but I can certainly relate to the feeling of being an outsider.
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I discovered the 7th art at home when I was kid, through Charlie Chaplin's movies and those of my father who shot documentaries. He was my biggest influence. So I took his camera and started shooting.
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I feel the need to work with my wife, Lena Olin, again.
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I got to work with my wife, Lena Olin, for the first time, which was great. I thought it might be difficult in some way to talk to one's wife in a different way but it was so not forced.
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I imagined that it might be awkward to talk to your wife about her performance, so going into it I was a little nervous. But doing it was actually a wonderfully inspiring experience.
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I love involving actors at all levels - and they have to know that I want to hear their contributions, with dialogue, with story suggestions, with script changes, whatever.
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I love mixing amateurs and professionals.
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I made all their videos, apart from the last two, so if you ever see an Abba video on TV then it's my stuff.
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I really want to have actors contribute their own ideas, with phrasings and ideas on all levels.
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I think I avoid stepping into sentimentality by trying to be as truthful as possible with performances.
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I was always attracted by the European way of life, but I am deeply Swedish.
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