Quotes from Lasse Hallstrom

I always try to preserve my cinematographic style, even while I work in the US. I wish to always be European.

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

I made all their videos, apart from the last two, so if you ever see an Abba video on TV then it's my stuff.

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.

Many of the comedies I had made in Sweden were slightly based on semi-autobiographical experiences, so adapting novels was a very different experience.

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

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