I love the camera; there’s something very special and sensual about it, and I have a tendency to call it a he, like it was a man. But, unlike a man, a camera is accepting of everything I do. Lena Olin Read Quote
By the time the discussion starts about a movie, it’s like bringing up an old boyfriend. It’s like, ‘I don’t even remember exactly what he was like, and now we have to talk about it?’ Lena Olin Read Quote
I use myself for each part. Naturally, it’s my body, it’s my soul, it’s my feelings. That’s the only way I know how to work. I couldn’t pretend. Lena Olin Read Quote
I always sort of create practical problems so that I don’t have to see a film I’ve just done. I’m too vulnerable, too fragile. People see your work, and there’s nothing you can do. You’re completely exposed. Lena Olin Read Quote
In Sweden, stardom is looked upon as phony. You walk to the theater every day like everybody else. Lena Olin Read Quote
It strikes me every time I do an interview that I don’t really sit around thinking about my goals and my life and my career. I do what I love doing and I get a lot of feedback. I’m free as a bird, you know? If I do something good, it’s, ‘Wow, that was brilliant,’ and if I do something bad, it just goes away. Lena Olin Read Quote
It’s important not to lay in a bubble bath drinking champagne. It’s important to take part in what life’s all about. Lena Olin Read Quote