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" Bergman has a very special eye for people. His background taught him to listen and to feel. "
Max von Sydow
Him
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Feel
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" In a silent film, you speak but the audience does not hear you. "
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" During my military service, I performed a sketch in which I played a flea called Max. So when critics kept misspelling my name, I decided to change it and thought, 'Ah! Max!' "
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" In this country, you have movie actors and theatre actors and television actors. "
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" Human beings are human beings whether they speak or not. "
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" I think English is a fantastic, rich and musical language, but of course your mother tongue is the most important for an actor. "
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" There are many documentary filmmakers who have a tough time because they don't really get what they need to do what they want. There are so many people with good visions that should be encouraged and helped. And they will deliver, I'm sure. "
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" Mr. Bergman was a man of great working discipline. He forced everyone to concentrate when it was important. No disturbing noise during rehearsal. A code of silence. "
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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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Want
" The Devil, of course, must have been or must be a very charming person. "
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Been
Person
" Perhaps I scare people. I don't know why. "
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" I just feel I shouldn't work too much, because there are so many other things to do. "
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" It's important to me to work in my own language now and then. I love English, but you can never learn to master a foreign language if you're not brought up with it. "
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Love
Me
" Unfortunately, not all stories end positively. "
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End
Stories
" I think it's good that we're sometimes reminded of important events in history. "
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" I accept a role only if it's something I really, really like. "
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Accept
Only
Role
" I've never been in a barroom brawl in my life. I just don't do such things. "
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Never
My Life
Life
" I'm not in retirement. I just don't want to work so much, and I don't get that many offers any more. "
Max von Sydow
Much
Work
Want
" The studio rented a house for my wife in Los Angeles under a phony name to keep reporters away. Whenever I wanted to visit her and my children, I would have to sneak in the back door after dark. "
Max von Sydow
Door
Children
Wife
" No doubt, the most important thing in my career was my time with Mr. Bergman, with whom I worked in so many films and also in so many stage productions, so it was a continuous working relationship and also a friendship, of course, that lasted for so many years. "
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Time
Doubt
Friendship
" I understand German; I can read German. "
Max von Sydow
German
I Can
Read
" 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. "
Max von Sydow
Feel
World
Newspaper
" To me, part of the fascinating profession of acting is to participate in all these strange situations, to try to understand all these interesting characters, fictitious or real, their human nature... It's extraordinarily fascinating. "
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Human Nature
Interesting
Me
" A vacation spot out of season always has a very special magic. "
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Vacation
Season
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" All of us, we deserve to survive. "
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Deserve
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Us
" I think the film you hear about the most is 'The Exorcist.' When people come up to me and say, 'Oh, you scared me!' I was the good guy in that film! "
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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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Me
Time
America
" Filming is repetition and many takes. "
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Filming
Repetition
Takes
" 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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New York
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" I don't believe in devils. Indifference and misunderstandings can create evil situations. Most of the time, people who appear to be evil are really victims of evil deeds. "
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