We have a certain warped sense of humor in Scandinavia, and that is what comes across in the choices in a lot of our movies.
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The Danes don't take themselves seriously at all and look for the joke in everything. Us Scots are on the same line of latitude and have the same amount of light, which may be why we have a similar sense of humour.
I always joke that I'm a British actress trying to break into Scandinavian TV.
I don't feel that I'm strictly Danish; I don't feel that my sense of humor is strictly Danish or my human sensibility is strictly Danish.
Sweden is a small country and, well, our family's pretty prominent in that world, I guess. And I really didn't like the sound of just being 'the fourth acting Skarsgard.'
The 'Twilight' movies are great in their own right, but they certainly don't have any sense of humor to them.
Now the point of comedy is not just looking funny, it's use of language. We have at our disposal a great language... and the imaginative, creative use of that language can be at the service of humour.
I think great humor lies in playing the truth of a situation. I see myself as a performer and that applies to a Greek drama or a modern comedy.
Every Brit I met had the best sense of humor. They're hilarious: very dry and witty.
Why has Scandinavia been producing such good thrillers? Maybe because their filmmakers can't afford millions for CGI and must rely on cheaper elements like, you know, stories and characters.
England and Denmark have a sense of irony and a darker sense of humour that you don't necessarily find in Germany and Sweden.