Lasse Hallstrom Quotes

I feel the need to work with my wife, Lena Olin, again.

My key interest in choosing scripts is character-driven stories, because there are so many stories that sacrifice character for plot.

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.

Kevin, as the whole cast is, just wonderful people and great people, and people who are attracted to this kind of material and accepting the idea of going to Newfoundland and knowing the kind of lack of amenities.

My father would tell anyone who would listen that this dentist thing he was doing was not his passion; cinematography was.

It was important on The Shipping News to have my house far enough away from each location so I had this time in the morning to think about my shots and still remain open to surprises once I got to the set.

I'm on this diet where you're supposed to eat only fish and meat.

[Depp] has real ambitions, but he is deeply afraid of being considered pretentious.

A film that is bleached tends to have a more realistic quality.

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.

My father was an amateur filmmaker who shot 8mm color documentaries.

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.

I love mixing amateurs and professionals.

To make a movie charming, you have to be playful on all levels and open to ideas, and you have to have an idea for how to do that within the confines of the shooting schedule and editing and all that.

But now I wish I could back to Stockholm to make international films there.

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.

Cinema has become a global economy, totally international.

I love improvising.

ABBA: The Movie; I got a lot of grief for working on that.