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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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" 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. "

Max von Sydow

Human Nature

Interesting

" The idea of working with Steven Spielberg was very attractive. He's such a master. He knows the language of the camera and of filmmaking, which gives him a great freedom. "

" I began imagining scenes in public which some drunk would come up to me and slap me in the face. Nothing like that ever happened, but I often wonder if I would have turned the other cheek. "

" Film acting, if you don't play the lead, you come, and you do your scenes in a few days, and you act with a couple of colleagues. All the rest of the actors you never see, and you don't even meet many of them. And you don't know what will happen with what you've done. Maybe it will be in the film, maybe it will not. "

" We should look back now and then. Our politicians should look back every now and then. "

" 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. "

" In a silent film, you speak but the audience does not hear you. "

" Spielberg knows his craft so well, he can also improvise, and that is a lot of fun. "

Max von Sydow

Fun

Improvise

" I'm an actor; I'm not a director. "

Max von Sydow

Actor

Director

" When I finished the role of Christ, I felt as though I'd been let out on parole. A man who has served 18 months isn't eager to go back to prison. "

" I accept a role only if it's something I really, really like. "

Max von Sydow

Only

Role

" I think English is a fantastic, rich and musical language, but of course your mother tongue is the most important for an actor. "

" Producers are not gamblers. They want a good return on their investment. "

" There are casting directors with lots of imagination, but also some with not as much imagination. "

" If Jesus came back today, and saw what was going on in his name, he'd never stop throwing up. "

" I would like to do 'King Lear.' But I would like to do it in Swedish. "

" I find it very hard to take myself seriously. "

" A vacation spot out of season always has a very special magic. "

" I've been the type of father who tries desperately to be perfect but doesn't succeed all the time. "

" I think it's good that we're sometimes reminded of important events in history. "

" The offers I get are for grandfathers, uncles - and they often die very quickly in the script. "

" 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. "

" Italians are great improvisers. If something unforeseen happens, they throw up their hands, and they adjust. "

Max von Sydow

Throw

Adjust

" In Hollywood they usually cast me as villains or priests. "

" 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?' "

" I'm not in retirement. I just don't want to work so much, and I don't get that many offers any more. "

" My parents were brought up in families which believed theatre people weren't to be trusted. But they were nice people. "

" My father was a professor of folklore, and my mother was a teacher until she was married. I had a good relationship with them, and the only argument we had was when I went to university and wanted to go into the theater instead of studying to be a lawyer. "

" 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. "

" The more I had to act like a saint, the more I felt like being a sinner. "