Joel Kinnaman Quotations | Page 2

In philosophy, they talk a lot about humans being actual organic machines, and the idea of free will is something that we've made up. We actually don't have free will. We're acting according to our programming as organic mechanisms.

My father is American and deserted the Vietnam War.

For somebody in my neighborhood to aspire or revere a person from the upper class, that is the most ugly and pathetic behavior you could exhibit.

We are all a unique person with everyone we meet.

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.

Moving in is almost a bigger step than getting married.

I think 'The Wire' is my all-time favorite TV show. It's so brilliant, the way it critiques society, and how it handles that everybody who gets power loses their moral code and stops going to the root of the problem and just tries to maintain their own power.

I like L.A., but it's just too many people in the same business everywhere you go. You lose perspective.

Excuse me, I have to go. Somewhere there is a crime happening.

I always look for good stories and good characters, and if they're placed in a whodunit, then I'm interested.