I’m interested in the human more than I’m interested in building suspense. Niels Arden Oplev Read Quote
When you cast, you can’t cast only visually; you have to cast emotionally, too. Niels Arden Oplev Read Quote
I think ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ is a good example of a film where you have to juggle a whole lot of information to follow that story, and even if you haven’t read the book, it seems to go pretty well. And that is a film where the characters didn’t meet until 74 minutes into the film, not on page 17. Niels Arden Oplev Read Quote
On Staten Island, there’s a ship graveyard. I’m using that a lot, even for ‘Under the Dome.’ When I’m dissatisfied with a location scout, I go on Google Earth. It’s an amazing tool. Niels Arden Oplev Read Quote
I think filmmaking is a strange animal because it’s anti-Democratic and collective at the same time, but I think it’s all about not trying to know everything better than everybody else but making the right choices. Niels Arden Oplev Read Quote
We need to keep examining evilness. For instance, I’m totally against the fact that Osama bin Laden was shot. I think that he should have been put on trial and exposed as that human being he was. I think he should’ve been standing mentally naked in front of the rest of us and stand to justice for what he did. Niels Arden Oplev Read Quote
Nobody’s born evil. I guess that’s why we’re drawn to violence. We’re fascinated by it, but there’s a moral in how you examine it. Niels Arden Oplev Read Quote
The thing with ‘The Girl with a Dragon Tattoo’ is that is it’s like an Agatha Christie plot, and an investigating journalist is also a classic character. Niels Arden Oplev Read Quote
When we read a book, we have a blurry image that’s kind of physical but blurry. But we have an emotional image also. We have an emotional connection to the character. Niels Arden Oplev Read Quote
Because revenge is a very known feeling in American culture, there’s a certain element of an eye for an eye. There’s the saying, ‘Be careful what you wish for, you might get it.’ When you wish for revenge, and you think you’ve gotten it, what happens then? Revenge is just a really good drive for drama and good action. Niels Arden Oplev Read Quote
