Joel Kinnaman

I was on a Swedish soap opera when I was 10.

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I've learned to steer away from the wrong kind of woman for me.

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The north of Sweden is very socialist and poor. They feel left out and despise Stockholm in many ways because Stockholm has become new liberals and much more Americanized.

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I went to high school in Texas for one year, my senior year. My parents wanted me to get out of Stockholm because I was running with the wrong crew. They wanted me to get back to my roots.

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In Sweden, I went to an English school, where there was a mishmash of people from all over the world. Some were diplomatic kids with a lot of money, some were ghetto kids who came up from the suburbs, and I grew up in between. There's a community of second generation immigrants, and I became part of that because I had an American father.

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We have nobility in Sweden, and it comes from the old British aristocracy.

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I miss the Swedish women on the first day of spring cause they all just blossom in the most incredible way.

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I miss Swedish meatballs, but you can get them pretty much anywhere.

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I love 'Starship Troopers.' I've seen it ten times.

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It's technically demanding to shoot in 3-D. It's an extra element. Also, just the size of the cameras. They look like these 'Transformers' monsters; they are incredibly big, many of them.

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If I play a villain, I try to find his lightness and his good side. And if I play a hero or a good guy, I'll try to find his darkness or his flaws. Because I don't believe in good and evil. I believe in grays.

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