Mads Mikkelsen Quotes

I think lots of boys sat down with 'The Three Musketeers' and felt it was a really long book, but then discovered that it's a really gripping swashbuckling story.

We are definitely modernizing 'The Three Musketeers' without compromising the fun of shooting a period piece. But in our film, corsets and feathered hats don't take center stage. Our version is rich in eye-popping action, romance, and adventure.

There were a lot of adventure books for boys, historical novels by Kenneth Roberts, and whatever mystery novels the alarmed librarian imagined might not corrupt an eager but innocent youth.

I always read a lot as a kid and I'd spend long periods of time in my room reading... I wasn't reading anything great until I got older, but I used to read Agatha Christie mysteries and all of Ian Fleming's 'James Bond' novels.

We, some cast members and I, even went on a weekend trip together and spent the weekend at an inn, because we enjoy each other's company so much, and it was so cool.

Give me a sword fight any day.

There's something cool about traveling when you're young. There's a sense of camaraderie. You learn more about yourself.

I hated historical novels with fluttering cloaks.

I like playing guys with swords and the horses and stuff like that.

'Don Quijote' by Cervantes. I read the original Spanish version when I was in high school. Such a classic!

I think my favorite movie I watched with my dad would be 'A Knight's Tale' with Heath Ledger.

Nico di Angelo ran up to me with a big grin on his face. "Percy, this is awesome!" His blue-feathered bronze helmet was falling in his eyes, and his breastplate was about six sizes too big. I wondered if there was any way I'd looked that ridiculous when I'd first arrived.

If you speak to any soldier, even now, they say they are fighting for their friends. It always ends up that they're fighting for the man next to them.

Once you share a ring with someone, go to war with someone... you have a different type of respect for someone.

I believe samurai in the Edo period and modern hip-hop artists have something in common. Rappers open the way to their future with one microphone; samurai decided their fate with one sword.

Anytime that me and the guys go out on the road, it's fun to step away from the craziness of what it is we do. I just enjoy that time being outside with my buddies.

The Dumas memoirs - which I also discovered when I was a kid - had a big impact on me.

I inhaled books. I loved Classics Illustrated comic books. These were books that I could afford to buy after I turned in pop bottles for change. 'The Prince and the Pauper,' 'Robinson Crusoe,' 'A Journey to the Center of the Earth.' Male narratives filled with adventure and self-discovery.

I've been so obsessed with 'Game of Thrones,' and there's so much about nobility and duty that I think about a lot.

I would like to think I am a little bit of a man's man and a ladies' man. I suppose, I'm a guy's guy because I like to do a lot of, you know, the man stuff: Working out, off-roading, getting on the dirt bike and what not. I am a ladies' man because I spend more time with girls than I do with guys.

The best times in Cold Chisel were when we were all in the back of the car together, us against the world.

I owe a lot to playing on the street. And what was even better than playing on the street was playing football with my friends in the local graveyard. It was fantastic. We forgot what the time was and didn't even go home for our meals.

It's really special to play with your friends for your country.

I was first and foremost a fellow Gamecock and friend before a Medal of Honor recipient.

'I'm a Celebrity' has been an amazing ride, and I'm walking out of here with some amazing friendships. It's been awesome.