Stellan Skarsgård
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But on the other hand, I can still work because being an actor is not a very intellectual work.
So I can still work and I can still feel.
Well, I think all actors want it to be an intellectual work.
They make up all kinds of things to feel that they're doing a job that is worthy of all the money they get.
I mean, you can have an amateur play
better than a professional actor in some scenes and in some cases.
And you have to be as good as an amateur.
You have to produce real life, real irrationality, real emotions that comes up spontaneously, suddenly, unexpectedly.
And it has nothing to do with laying an intellectual puzzle.
I didn't encourage it and I didn't discourage it.
I don't think that parents should impose their dreams on the kids at all.
They shouldn't interfere with their choices.
If they want an advice, they'll come to you.
In a way, I'm happy because we have something in common.
We can talk about most of them.
I have one doctor that is not in the business.
I can talk to him about anything.
But memories and relatives and life.