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CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley

Extended Interview: Stellan Skarsgård

CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley

CBS News

News, Society & Culture, News Commentary

4.3943 Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2026

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård discusses his Golden Globe-winning performance in the film "Sentimental Value," in which he plays a director trying to reconnect with his daughter, an actress, by writing a role for her to play. He also talks about the effect of his 2022 stroke, which occurred during production of "Andor" and the "Dune" films, and how he feels he has changed as an actor after more than 150 film and TV credits.

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0:00.0

Your favorite true crime series, 48 Hours, is back for a new season, and so is the official

0:05.5

after show podcast, Postmortem. Every Monday, listen to a new episode of 48 hours, and then

0:11.2

join me, 48 Hours correspondent Anne-Marie Green on Tuesday for a new episode of Postmortem,

0:17.2

where we bring you a closer look at each case. This case was eye-opening on so many different

0:23.3

levels. Follow and listen to 48 hours on the free Odyssey app or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:47.3

This is Jane Pauley. Actors Stelan Scarsgard is the father of eight, and six of his offspring are actors as well. The newly minted Golden Globe winner tells Sunday morning Seth Done all about acting as a family affair.

0:57.0

What do you think directors see in you? Why do you get cast?

1:01.0

I'm beautiful. No, I don't know. I do as I'm told.

1:08.0

I don't know. That's not good either.

1:11.6

But...

1:12.6

Do you see a through line in these parts that you play?

1:17.6

I do.

1:18.6

It's my physicality and I have my way of expressing myself, which is unique in a way, like everybody's way is unique.

1:31.3

But you can say that as an artist, if you see a Picasso and you see another Picasso,

1:38.3

you see it's a Picasso, right?

1:40.3

So you can see his brush strokes and everything in each painting.

1:45.0

But if you see an actor, it's not that obvious because he's just a vessel for the director.

1:56.0

But what I hope for is that somehow, I mean, it's probably vain, but somehow my view of humanity and my view of society and shines through.

2:15.1

In what way?

2:15.6

I don't know. And that's why I say it's very...

2:19.3

But...

2:20.3

It's an interesting thing to hope for in...

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