Skarsgård: "To me, it's all about inspiration. What gets me creatively excited is a challenge."

Skarsgård: "In terms of jobs, I'm an actor. There's gotta' be depth there. I'd never say yes to something just to play the hot guy. That's not what I'm interested in."

Skarsgård: "I'm a pretty private person, so I don't mind not being recognized."

Skarsgård: "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."

Skarsgård: "I've never understood the appeal of feeling really scared. I know that people do find it really thrilling. For me, artistically, it needs to be worth the effort of me feeling uncomfortable watching it."

Skarsgård: "I wouldn't want to be associated with one character, because I want to be able to do different roles."

Skarsgård: "I've always been a night person. There's a sense of virtue attached to getting up in the morning and doing things and starting the day, and I always felt bad for not being that person."

Skarsgård: "I think every character that I play has a certain sort of tone or an energy level to them."

Skarsgård: "I'm constantly embarrassed at the level of attention actors get and the level of money that we get. It's completely disproportionate. I think you have to feel guilty about it. I think it makes you a better person to keep reminding yourself."

Skarsgård: "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."

Skarsgård: "I needed to be myself and find my own identity."

Skarsgård: "I did a lot of research on what solitary confinement does to you, how you become acclimated to being surrounded by people again after being by yourself for such a long time. It's really a horrific thing. It's definitely worth considering it as torture. We're just not meant to be in solitary confinement."

Skarsgård: "I liken every character that I do to a relationship that you're in."

Skarsgård: "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."

Skarsgård: "Sweden is a small country and, well, our family's pretty prominent in that world, I guess. And I really didn't like the sound of just being 'the fourth acting Skarsgård.'"

Skarsgård: "I can't see myself as a very domesticated person, with a suburb house and stuff like that."

Skarsgård: "My height can be a problem. A lot of directors and photographers are sometimes not happy because I'm pretty tall and especially if I work with short actors the difference can be pretty massive."

Skarsgård: "Playing Pennywise will change my life and career forever. It's going to change my path. And who knows where that path might lead me?"

Skarsgård: "If you ask anybody what they think of clowns, it's associated as much or more with something crazy and scary as it is something joyful."

Skarsgård: "In movies we tend make things black and white: you're either this, or you're that."