Quotes by Lasse Hallstrom
To see my wife getting inspired from my notes and thoughts, going in the direction I wanted, and have her surprise me with wonderful choices was a real treat.
- Lasse Hallstrom
My key interest in choosing scripts is character-driven stories, because there are so many stories that sacrifice character for plot.
- Lasse Hallstrom
My films do have characters who have trouble escaping the world around them.
- Lasse Hallstrom
My father would tell anyone who would listen that this dentist thing he was doing was not his passion; cinematography was.
- Lasse Hallstrom
My father was an amateur filmmaker who shot 8mm color documentaries.
- Lasse Hallstrom
Many of the comedies I had made in Sweden were slightly based on semi-autobiographical experiences, so adapting novels was a very different experience.
- Lasse Hallstrom
Kevin, as the whole cast is, just wonderful people and great people, and people who are attracted to this kind of material and accepting the idea of going to Newfoundland and knowing the kind of lack of amenities.
- Lasse Hallstrom
It's just, for me, the natural standard: a woman should be able to decide over her own body.
- Lasse Hallstrom
It was important on The Shipping News to have my house far enough away from each location so I had this time in the morning to think about my shots and still remain open to surprises once I got to the set.
- Lasse Hallstrom
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I am on this diet where you are supposed to eat only fish and meat.
- Lasse Hallstrom
I think I avoid stepping into sentimentality by trying to be as truthful as possible with performances.
- Lasse Hallstrom
I really want to have actors contribute their own ideas, with phrasings and ideas on all levels.
- Lasse Hallstrom
I made all their videos, apart from the last two, so if you ever see an Abba video on TV then it's my stuff.
- Lasse Hallstrom
