With 'A Hijacking' I didn't talk to anyone who had been hijacked, but with 'A War,' I talked to as many soldiers as possible trying to understand how is it in Afghanistan.
More Quotes by Pilou Asbaek
Life is not black and white; there is some gray nuance to it.
I'm not a natural leader. If you see me in a room, I'm the guy standing in a corner hiding. I'm not an alpha male.
I'm an actor. 99.9% of all actors in the world have been in denial towards the military.
I think if you just made a film that says, 'This is anti-war,' and you had to spend two hours explaining that... you don't like war? Wow, that's original. Know what I mean?
When you watch the films that I'm inspired by - from the '60s and '70s - it's not about the special effects: it's about the story; it's about characters and relationships.
If it was up to me, we would eliminate close-ups and beautiful light and sound - because we want to go back to basics.