Top 88 Quotes & Sayings by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Danish actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau.
Last updated on November 21, 2024.
I did a network show in the U.S. before, and I loved it, but you have eight days to shoot an episode, and it's just a ridiculous pace.
There's something liberating about watching someone not following the rules.
I've never heard of the wife looking up the mistress to become friends, but I like it.
One thing George R. R. Martin does is surprising things to main characters. But he says so himself.
I like to wear beautiful clothes, but I don't have that many.
What I love about acting is that you are exposed to so many different things. Horse-riding, sailing, travelling to amazing places.
All actors tend to be the same messed-up people.
Divorce is always terrible, but I haven't met anyone who went through it and isn't happier now.
I haven't really got any hidden talents.
My mum was a librarian, and my dad worked in Greenland.
I always wanted to be an actor, but I just never told anyone. I had this superstition that if I said it out loud, it wouldn't come true.
'Game of Thrones' is so unique, and the odds that any of us involved will be in another show like it are very slim, so I'm enjoying the ride.
I like to read everything, really, especially autobiographies.
Some of the stuff in Season 3 on 'Game of Thrones' - the amount of mud I had to eat, not intentionally but by accident - was pretty tough.
I don't necessarily enjoy being at the gym. It's something I have to do, more than something I look forward to doing. But it does enable me to do fun things.
If you look at most of the Royal Houses in Europe, the inbreeding was pretty outstanding.
Tina Fey's autobiography is very, very funny and very well written. It's her life story: it's about how she grows up in New York. There's no obvious reason why I should enjoy this - I mean, this is the autobiography of a woman in her early 40s in New York. I'm a guy from a small town in Denmark.
I work a lot abroad and have the most wonderful family and kids, but being away, you do miss out sometimes. I really hope I won't regret the choices in the future.
There's nothing exceptional about me, but there's something exceptional about Jaime Lannister, and I think that's what's interesting.
I'm a huge 'Breaking Bad' fan; I would be really annoyed if anyone told me anything about what was going to happen in the last eight episodes.
It's beautiful being out in the wild.
There are so many things to do in New York. I try to get to the theater and see some plays. I have a bicycle over here, and I ride around New York.
I couldn't pick up a sword and go fight anyone, let me put it that way. It's choreography and it's acting. The best sword fights you see look amazing, but it's the acting that sells it more than anything.
Most of us have been in that situation where you've been falling in love with somebody who didn't feel the same way. It's not a nice situation.
As an actor, secrets and obstacles fuel the character.
The only thing I find difficult to watch - horror movies - not that I don't like them. Like 'The Shining,' it's one of my favorite movies, but it's terrifying. I feel like I've watched a marathon afterwards.
I think what's great is that, when HBO commit, they go in all guns blazing. They attract the very best set designers, the whole thing.
Ever since I was a kid, I always wanted to be an actor.
When I was a kid I was always afraid of small dogs, because they always seemed like the ones that would attack.
Jerome Flynn is a great actor.
I think we all have the capacity of evil in us.
I was 15 or 16 when I first saw 'Once Upon A Time In America,' so I was quite young, but I was completely blown away.
Fart jokes still work for me.
You always dream of being part of a show that reaches and thrills an audience.
I've never understood why you would turn down a great role.
It's okay for a guy to be a baddie, but a woman? No, we can't deal with that.
Usually, on a show like 'Game of Thrones,' you don't have much time to rehearse; a lot of the sets are not available.
I love team sports.
I always feel for the younger cast members in 'Game of Thrones.' They're really clever and smart.
You have to be sharp when the camera's rolling. I want to be totally unselfconscious, like a child playing. I do as much prep as possible so I can lose myself for those seconds.
I'm in a monogamous relationship and have been for many, many years. I think it's a choice. I don't think you can generalize, though, and what works for me may not work for other people, but I don't think everybody cheats. We're all different.
Most people can relate to that whole annoying thing when people think they know who you are.
The most famous actress who did the 'dumb blond' routine was Marilyn Monroe, but she was a genius actress.
I do remember a teacher telling me when I was about ten that I was really good at acting. I was so proud, even though I am sure he said that to all of us in the class.
When someone you love is in pain, you want to do anything to comfort them.
I try not to regret too much. I find that feeling guilty takes up so much of my time already.
A villain to me is someone who actively seeks to hurt someone or does things for his own gain.
I can't imagine life without my wife, but I don't think you should get a prize for staying together a long time.
I think advice is cheap. You can only really learn by doing and making mistakes.
I love political dramas. I love good story-telling.
There's a recent film, the Swedish movie 'Force Majeure.' I just thought it was brilliant.
There's a Danish architecture firm called BIG. I love architecture, and I always check out their work; they're very good at reimagining the way we live. They put the human experience as the focus, with access to air and outdoor space.
Most female actresses will have a very difficult time being made unattractive.
I know nothing more annoying when people I don't know jump to conclusions on my person based on nothing but gossip or speculation.
I'm a fan of Ed Norton.
The more secrets and twists in a character, the better.
What's great about 'Game of Thrones' is they change the perspective, the POV, all the time. So you will have one story told by one character and you'll go, 'Oh my God, horrible', and then maybe the season after you have the same story told but from the person you thought was just the most horrible, vile creature.
Horrible things happen all our lives; we all experience loss and death and trauma. Usually, most people, I think, we just get on with it. We don't have a whole soliloquy in the middle of something.
I'm a fan of great storytelling.
Still, to this day, I can't run on the treadmill. Why not just run outside? I never understood it.
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