Alyssa Sutherland Quotes

One of the things that I wanted to do post-'Haven' is go after some shows I was a fan of already, and 'Vikings' was on the list.

I love that Viking era, but also they're a fatalistic people and that dictated their fearlessness in battle and approach to life.

With 'Vikings,' I had the task of making these people interesting and, to a point, sympathetic.

'Vikings' has been so many different challenges, and some of that is, at times, you have to be big and imposing and violent and vicious, and then you have be pulled back and withdrawn and just more layers and more time to portray those layers, too.

I know 'Vikings' isn't really based in magic, but it goes back to Old World spirituality and different religions, and a lot of voodoo.

No one in safe in 'Game of Thrones.'

I'm very proud of 'Valhalla Rising.'

RUNE is another one I'm really looking forward to.

I have to tell you, in my judgment, some of us sitting here today will not come back alive from this campaign. I want you to think about it.

Because the Vikings never documented anything - they couldn't read or write - the history is always gonna be a little up in the air.

There are so many good stories about the Vikings.

I read a lot of Icelandic sagas when I was young. I've always been interested in the Viking culture.

No one was safe in the Viking age. You could die from any cause at any time. It's a brutal time and a brutal environment.

I'm from Norway, and when kids were reading comics, I was reading Icelandic and Norwegian sagas about the Vikings. The glorification of violence, their mentality, and their way of living - that was part of my own education growing up.

I think six seasons are telling us one thing about 'Game of Thrones': Everyone should watch their back. No one is safe. That's what I love about the show. I love that it's so unpredictable.

You've got to bear it in mind that nobody that ever lived is specially privileged; the axe can fall at any moment, on any neck, without any warning or any regard for justice.

He told us that most of us would die violently, and those who did not would be brought down to the level of beasts.

If anything in this life is certain...if history has taught us anything, it's that you cn kill anyone.

It has always been my belief that I, too, will die by violence. I have done all that I can to be prepared.

Tonight you will eat fish. Tomorrow, you may die.

Truly, whoever we are, wherever we reside, we exist upon the whim of murderers.

...a third [of three] had died in his bunk of natural causes--for a dagger in the heart quite naturally ends one's life.

The one certain thing was that death never came at an expected moment.

Grab it while you can because tomorrow could suck you dry.

One strange feeling, which I remember clearly, was a powerful link with the slain, particularly those that had fallen within the past hour or two. There was so much death around that life seemed almost indecent. Some men's uniforms were soaked with gobs of blood. The ground was sodden with it. I killed, too.