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" All of us, we deserve to survive. "
Max von Sydow
Deserve
Survive
Us
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" I was in such a hurry to be an actor. Now I'm sometimes mad at myself that I didn't stop and study for a couple of years. "
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" Movies give me an opportunity to go places. I'm not only a Swede but an American, not just a man of my time, but I've been living 2,000 years ago-and not just in a new country, America, but in the Holy Land, too. "
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" Hiroshima has become a metaphor not just for nuclear war but for war and destruction and violence toward civilians. It's not just the idea we should not use nuclear arms. We should not start another war because it's madness. "
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" Perhaps I scare people. I don't know why. "
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" It's not a matter of learning lines. It's a matter of getting into the ideas and the will of the person. It's a matter of, 'What does he want to do? What does he want to achieve?' "
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Ideas
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" Filming is repetition and many takes. "
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" Most screenplays I receive are boring, and some are straight-out bad. "
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" A vacation spot out of season always has a very special magic. "
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" I admired Stephen Daldry very much; I think he's a brilliant director, and also, I feel close to him because he has a lot of theater behind him. He's also a man of great imagination and a lovely sense of humor. "
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Man
Imagination
" In a theater, the part is mine and I can control it as I want to. In the movies, I don't have direct contact, and I am fighting technical machinery. "
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Movies
Control
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" I owe Mr. Bergman so much. "
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Owe
Mr
Bergman
" Bergman has a very special eye for people. His background taught him to listen and to feel. "
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Him
Eye
Feel
" If people ask me, 'For you, what is your most important film?' I have a feeling that they all sort of want me to answer with one of the Bergman films. But I cannot choose. "
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People
Ask
Feeling
" I'm not in retirement. I just don't want to work so much, and I don't get that many offers any more. "
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Much
Work
Want
" In this country, you have movie actors and theatre actors and television actors. "
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Television
Theatre
Movie
" I'm getting too old to play some parts, but I'm still greedy. "
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Old
Still
Some
" The more I had to act like a saint, the more I felt like being a sinner. "
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Sinner
Saint
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Throw
Adjust
Up
" Nobody told me there was any idea for a sequel to 'The Exorcist.' But my agent called me to tell me they were going to do it, and there was a part for me. I said, 'But I died in the first film.' 'Well,' he told me, 'this is from the early days of Father Merrin's life.' I told him I just didn't want to do it again. "
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Father
Life
Me
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End
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" Playing Christ, I began to feel shut away from the world. A newspaper became one of my biggest luxuries. I noticed that some of my close friends began treating me with reverence. "
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" Only very rarely are foreigners or first-generation immigrants allowed to be nice people in American films. Those with an accent are bad guys. "
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Language
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" New York is a fascinating city. I think it's a very inspiring city, but it's overpowering when you get older. It tires me now. But it's wonderful for young people - very inspiring and full of surprises and full of ideas. "
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