Mads Mikkelsen Quotes

Acting is a youthful profession.

I grew up wanting to be a writer for theatre.

Theatre is a series of insurmountable obstacles on the road to imminent disaster.

Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing.

I am grateful to theatre for making me what I am today. But it's not like theatre is my first love. I am equally attached to cinema, which is, actually, a child of theatre, since it borrows heavily from it.

With me, it was just a job. I never had stars in my eyes about the theatre.

Only a fool does not fear actors, but you can't beat them, and if you can't beat them, join them, as they say. As I've got older I've become very interested in that part of the work.

Theatre is live content, and you can tell if you have worked your audience.

I trained in the theatre.

The talent that I was blessed with was really for the theater.

I love stage actors. There's something special about all people who have to do a performance eight shows a week, and musical people, especially, are so much fun.

I was ashamed to admit I was hipped to the idea of acting. That's why I started in with the props.

I thought acting was what grownups did. It was such a part of my childhood. I was already in love with performing before I knew there were other options. By then, it was too late.

I never thought I would sing or dance - ever, ever, ever. My idea was to be Laurence Olivier or Peter Lorre or some great classical actor. I thought I'd be a character actor.

I loved drama class at school. I never took it seriously, as I was playing football. But maybe when I retire, I'll have a dabble.

Acting is acting at the end of the day. How does it matter if it is in films or on TV?

Theatre's a whole different beast to film. It requires a lot more of you.

Acting is something that I've always wanted to do and been interested in.

Even if I don't have a job, I work on plays and scenes.

Acting is the way I make my living.

As a child, I was always interested in drama and performance.

I've learned almost everything I know about acting from my dad.

I would love to continue acting. Maybe one day I would like to try writing and directing.

I love film and TV, the medium of them, just because it's such a smaller screen. It's much more precise. Ideally, I'd like to do maybe a film a year of some sort and use that to work more in the theatre because theatre really is my first love.

With theatre, you have to be ready for anything.