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Bill Skarsgård, born on August 9, 1990, is a Swedish-Norwegian actor who has gained widespread popularity for his exceptional performances in various films and television series. He is best known for his role as the clown in the horror film 'It', which propelled him to fame.

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“I see myself as most people see themselves, you have good days and bad days. I don't think I'm better looking now than I did three years ago.”

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“Acting was always there, it's true. But for a long time, in my teenage years, I wasn't sure about it - not because I didn't like it, but I didn't want people to think I hadn't earned it.”

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“I'm always looking for something that's real and that's got meat on it. I think it's artistic suicide if you're too vain, or if you're afraid to play ugly. I would never fall for that.”

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“TV is a very sensitive thing. If you're not happy with what you're doing, I don't think you should do it because you will do it for awhile.”

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“Personally I don't believe in bad people. I think there's always a reason for people acting badly.”

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“It's funny: it takes a while to really get your character. It's impossible to do it on the first day. That's the same way in films; if you start shooting a film, maybe a couple weeks in, you're like, "Ah! Now I think I really get him."”

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“I don't want to ever think that I don't know what to do. I want to deal with my own things, to perform my own roles, to be like, "I did this."”

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“I miss being in my home country; here, I'm always a foreigner. America is, of course, built of people who are not from here. But going home, even just landing at Arlanda, the Stockholm airport, I think, "This is where I'm from. These people are my people."”

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“I don't think I would ever be a doctor, but the reason I majored in science was because you could become a civil engineer, you could become a biologist, you could become a computer scientist - that was the point of it. I had no idea what I wanted to do. In my last two years of high school here happened to be these few scripts that I really responded to. Eventually, I landed the job, and that was something that I felt transcended whatever other people would think of me.”

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“I feel like I'm the best actor on the planet and I also feel like I'm a fraud. I think hubris comes from insecurity. Confidence comes in a more rooted sense; part of being confident is being able to say, "I can be really shitty," and to accept that. But also not to crumble under it.”

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Born: August 9, 1990
Known for: Actor
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