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.

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.

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.

I drive one car. I own one house. That's enough for me.

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

I call myself a grasshopper. I paint, I write poetry, and I'm in a band. When it comes to movies and TV, I like to work in everything and with everyone. I wanna do it all, beyond even the screen.

I don't ever want to have a job where I just punch a clock.

In my career, I've been lucky to do the bad guys that are more interesting, where the audience wants to spend more time with them and get to know them. That's what I'm always looking for and trying to do.

I like to create characters that are larger than life. But it's funny because I do a lot of bad guys, and it's because, being European, I usually get cast as bad guys. It's just how it is.

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.

I came on board 'Clown' because it was a very simple story, and it was a very nice script and a very refreshing take on a kind of The Brothers Grimm fable, you know?

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

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.

Everyone that've been here, working, living as Americans - just give them a green card.

People who are registered to vote should vote. I vote all the time. If I'm not in the country, I do it over mail. Sometimes I don't know who the people are - I just pick whatever girl is Democratic.

The beautiful thing about 'American Gods' is that it's very simple at its core.

I like the clowns from the circus that have more paint on their face. They were all funny and made me laugh. As a kid, I remember the clowns that were all in white reminded me more of death than circus clowns. It can be a scary thing.

I don't personally like slasher movies that make you scream in the movie theater.

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

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

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.

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

When I was in school, they say everybody can do art. And I was, like, a little bit obstinate - not an anarchist, but I was always asking questions. I said, 'Isn't art supposed to be difficult?' If we can all do art, then it's not really art. It's supposed to be difficult.

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

I'm a curious human being, and I love things that are a little bit off.