"I remember Stanley Benn remarking that one needed to be a certain age to engage with problems in political philosophy - I think he had in mind a certain breadth of understanding and experience - and so my political interests developed more slowly than the others."

“When you're a kid, you live carefree. You notice things that go on around you, but you live like a kid with no worries until you get to that certain age where trials and tribulations come and you gotta fight and stay on your toes. That's when survival instincts kick in.”

Source : Source: www.mtv.com

“The formula 'Two and two make five' is not without its attractions.”

“If you think Abraham Lincoln became famous for inventing the town car, it is time to spend a few hours on history.”

“I have always been fond of recognizing the spiritual side of someone's personality. It's a very lovely concept.”

“I think that this stage in my life is really, for a lot of reasons, pretty incredible. Being a solo artist and trying to take these bold steps on my own.”

“I'm not a betting man.”

“I take my work enormously seriously. When I do something it has to feel right. Everything has to be right. I'm not ambitious about my career, but I am ambitious with each job. I can be fairly annoying to work with. No compromises. Let's put it this way: compromises are from hell.”

Source : "Mads Mikkelsen: I never plan my career". Cover Media Interview, sg.news.yahoo.com. April 24, 2014.

“What this means is that we shouldn't abbreviate the truth but rather get a new method of presentation.”