I went on holiday with my kids and I had to make the choice – a good vacation for me, or a good vacation for them. A good vacation for them is to be with other Swedish kids, so I chose that, but I had to say, you have to behave, because I can’t have a scene in the restaurant. Sofia Helin Read Quote
My dad was the 10th of 11 children. My mother has three brothers. My dad was a salesman, my mum was a school nurse. Sofia Helin Read Quote
Tragedy struck the family when I was 10 days old. My eldest brother was killed in a car accident. He was six. My grandmother survived the incident, but the loss devastated my parents. I think they went into shock for a couple of years. Sofia Helin Read Quote
I always knew I wanted to have children of my own. I met my husband Daniel when I was 23; we were married when I was pregnant with my first child, Ossian. We’ve had our ups and downs like every couple, especially when we were younger. Sofia Helin Read Quote
Mystery Road’ hadn’t been shown in Scandinavia but I read the script and I just had to do it. Sofia Helin Read Quote
I had a talk with my older son a couple of days ago. I explained to him that I went to a therapist and I found out that I wanted two things very much: I wanted children and I wanted acting. My therapist said to combine this will be very hard. And being a parent is the hardest thing I’ve ever done. Sofia Helin Read Quote
Then I had lunch with my cousin who works for WaterAid and she said yes, it’s a catastrophe. And another catastrophe is that every day 1,400 children die from poisoned water, so now I’m an ambassador for WaterAid. Sofia Helin Read Quote
