Quotes from Bill Skarsgard

One of my dad's biggest passions is cooking, so we always had good food at home.

In movies we tend make things black and white: you're either this, or you're that.

I've lived in California for six years and I've never surfed.

I'm constantly embarrassed at the level of attention actors get and the level of money that we get. It's completely disproportionate.

I have three older brothers, and each one of them has chosen one of my parents' education. Two of them are actors, and the third is a doctor as my mother is.

I see myself as most people see themselves, you have good days and bad days. I don't think I'm better looking now than I did three years ago.

Louis CK is so brilliant and smart and clever and funny and also very bizarre.

I spent a lot of time on film sets with my dad at work, and as a kid, that's a very appealing thing, to watch grownups get to play dress-up and pretend that they're different people - and then get paid for it!

I wouldn't want to be associated with one character, because I want to be able to do different roles.

There's always some extent of luck going into getting a job. I try not to think too much about my own looks or how I work. There's a danger in becoming too self-aware.

I always feel like a foreigner in America.

The horror fan base is fantastic. It really has devoted fans, and I like that aspect of the genre. The people who are making it are always really wonderfully nerdy, creative people, which I always love.

I think I've gotten that before - people have been like, 'Oh, you have a creepy stare.' My energy personally is not as threatening, I don't think.

I worked with Lady Gaga for a day on a video shoot. It was crazy; we had a lot of fun. I had a great time.

I'm a pretty private person, so I don't mind not being recognized.

In terms of jobs, I'm an actor. There's gotta' be depth there. I'd never say yes to something just to play the hot guy. That's not what I'm interested in.

I did a lot of research on what solitary confinement does to you, how you become acclimated to being surrounded by people again after being by yourself for such a long time. It's really a horrific thing. It's definitely worth considering it as torture. We're just not meant to be in solitary confinement.

I've never understood the appeal of feeling really scared. I know that people do find it really thrilling. For me, artistically, it needs to be worth the effort of me feeling uncomfortable watching it.

I'm constantly embarrassed at the level of attention actors get and the level of money that we get. It's completely disproportionate. I think you have to feel guilty about it. I think it makes you a better person to keep reminding yourself.

I can deal with it now, but 13 is a tough age to be recognized and famous. It's a tough age, period.

There's something I love about how stark the contrast is between January and June in Sweden.

When I read a script and have my first interaction with this character, do I feel like there's something I'm gonna' learn here? If I feel like it's something I've done before, then what's the incentive for me to do it?

I love the story behind the Vasa Museum: in the 17th century, the Swedish king was trying to make a statement by building a huge ship that would sail around Europe carrying the Swedish flag and proving that we were a force to be reckoned with, and basically, the ship was top-heavy, and so it went 300 or so yards and sank.

If you ask anybody what they think of clowns, it's associated as much or more with something crazy and scary as it is something joyful.