Lasse Hallstrom Quotes

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.

My key interest in choosing scripts is character-driven stories, because there are so many stories that sacrifice character for plot.

My films do have characters who have trouble escaping the world around them.

My father would tell anyone who would listen that this dentist thing he was doing was not his passion; cinematography was.

My father was an amateur filmmaker who shot 8mm color documentaries.

Many of the comedies I had made in Sweden were slightly based on semi-autobiographical experiences, so adapting novels was a very different experience.