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" Between you and me, odd things happen always on set. "
Max von Sydow
Things Happen
Always
Happen
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" I'm an actor; I'm not a director. "
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" If Jesus came back today, and saw what was going on in his name, he'd never stop throwing up. "
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" It's very difficult being an actor and being away for a lot of time, but my sons haven't complained too much too often. "
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Too Much
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" 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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" 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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" I owe Mr. Bergman so much. "
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Owe
Mr
Bergman
" It often disturbs me, when I see a film set in a historical time, that the people are too modern. "
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People
Time
" 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. "
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Door
Children
Wife
" 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
" Awards are lovely and always welcome. "
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Welcome
Always
Awards
" 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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Working
Silence
Man
" Human beings are human beings whether they speak or not. "
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Whether
Human
Human Beings
" 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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Mad
Now
Sometimes
" I understand German; I can read German. "
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German
I Can
Read
" 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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Evil
Believe
Create
" 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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Need
Tough
People
" I've been the type of father who tries desperately to be perfect but doesn't succeed all the time. "
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Time
Perfect
Succeed
" I accept a role only if it's something I really, really like. "
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Accept
Only
Role
" 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
" 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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War
Become
Start
" I think it's good that we're sometimes reminded of important events in history. "
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Good
Important
Think
" Ingmar Bergman had a great sense of humor, and he had a very special, characteristic laugh that you always recognized - if he went to watch a theater show, 'Ah! He is here tonight.' "
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Special
You
Watch
" 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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American
Bad
" Producers are not gamblers. They want a good return on their investment. "
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Want
Good
Investment
" The more I had to act like a saint, the more I felt like being a sinner. "
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Act
Sinner
Saint
" 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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Time
America
" Bergman was courageous in choosing people to do things that they themselves might not expect to play. "
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Courageous
Things
Expect
" All my life I've been looking for diversity. "
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Diversity
Life
" When I was brought up in Sweden, there was a great opportunity for young people to learn how to act in our municipal theaters with their small companies. You would be under contract for eight months and have the summer free to take other opportunities. "
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Small
People