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Lena Olin Biography

Lena Maria Jonna Olin (Swedish pronunciation: [ˌleːˈna ʊˈliːn] ( listen); born 22 March 1955) is a Swedish actress. She has been nominated for several acting awards, including a Golden Globe for The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) and an Academy Award for Enemies, A Love Story (1989). Other well-known films in which she has appeared include Chocolat (2000), directed by her husband Lasse Hallström, Queen of the Damned (2002), Casanova (2005) and The Reader (2008). Olin was also a main cast member in the second season (and a recurring guest star in later seasons) of the television series Alias. Olin starred in the Swedish sitcom Welcome to Sweden.[citation needed]

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I use myself for each part. Naturally, it's my body, it's my soul, it's my feelings. That's the only way I know how to work. I couldn't pretend.

Feelings, Pretend, Soul, Use

Choosing a role is very difficult. There's no way to have a strategy.

Difficult, Role, Roles, Strategy, Way

I always sort of create practical problems so that I don't have to see a film I've just done. I'm too vulnerable, too fragile. People see your work, and there's nothing you can do. You're completely exposed.

Done, Film, Fragile, People, Problem

To be a good actor, you have to be very smart. But to be a great actor, you also have to have a streak of, 'I'm an idiot, a complete lunatic. '

Actors, Complete, Idiot, Smart

Every time I get a script it's a matter of trying to know what I could do with it. I see colors, imagery. It has to have a smell. It's like falling in love. You can't give a reason why.

Color, Colors, Falling, Falling In Love, Love You, Matter

I love the camera; there's something very special and sensual about it, and I have a tendency to call it a he, like it was a man. But, unlike a man, a camera is accepting of everything I do.

Camera, Man, Men, Sensual, Special

Everyone is complicated one way or another. But it's interesting to dig into a complicated character, to try to find that within yourself.

Character, Interesting, Trying, Way

I'm not regimented. I don't diet, and I exercise the way I want to.

Diet, Exercise, Want, Way

My favorite thing to do is eat and eat well.

Eat, Favorite, Favorites Things, My Favorite, Thing, Wells

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