Peter Stormare quotes

Born
27 August 1953, Arbrå, Gävleborg County, Sweden.

Occupation
Actor.

Peter Stormare is a Swedish actor.

Movies
8MM (1999)

Terry Gilliam is one of the greatest brains I ever met.
– Peter Stormare

I drive one car. I own one house. That’s enough for me.
– Peter Stormare

Steve Buscemi, in between takes, becomes like a clam. It’s hard to get a word out of him. It’s very funny.
– Peter Stormare

I’m a curious human being, and I love things that are a little bit off.
– Peter Stormare

Sometimes you have to trust your guts and your instinct and improvise a little.
– Peter Stormare

I love to fantasize still, as I did as a little boy. If I see a movie, I want to fantasize about what it’s all about.
– Peter Stormare

I have the luxury of being a little boy… To me, the most important thing in life is to be a human being. Second is acting.
– Peter Stormare

Everyone that’ve been here, working, living as Americans – just give them a green card.
– Peter Stormare

With my characters, I prefer to not say too much, and in fact, I tend to cut down some of the lines in most scripts I get.
– Peter Stormare

If you were my agent and I was making $10 million a movie and made four movies a year, that means you have a salary of $4 million.
– Peter Stormare

To me, the most important thing in life is to be a human being. Second is acting.
– Peter Stormare

I don’t personally like slasher movies that make you scream in the movie theater.
– Peter Stormare

I never want to get tied to one project or be in one TV show forever.
– Peter Stormare

I don’t ever want to have a job where I just punch a clock.
– Peter Stormare

The best paycheck you can get as a producer and creator is when people are happy to be on the show.
– Peter Stormare

I was brought up telling stories, when I was a kid, in the tiny village where I grew up. Storytelling was a tradition.
– Peter Stormare

If I ran for president, the first thing I’d do is legalize everyone who’s been here paying taxes, working, paying taxes. Mothers and fathers of kids born in the U.S. should get a green card.
– Peter Stormare

Since I started, like, 200 years ago, I’ve always wanted to direct and write. But I’ve been so busy – and fortunate and lucky – as an actor.
– Peter Stormare

How brittle life is, yet it’s been going on for thousands and thousands of years. Maybe we should sit down and pay tribute to life instead of just destruction.
– Peter Stormare

I started as a director very young and fell into acting.
– Peter Stormare