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" I could never learn to be totally fluent in any other language. "
Max von Sydow
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" Film work can be very interesting, but it also can be awfully boring because who creates the film? The actors? No. It is the director. It's his piece of work. "
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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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" I've never been in a barroom brawl in my life. I just don't do such things. "
Max von Sydow
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" I remember those days with Bergman with great nostalgia. We were aware that the films were going to be quite important, and the work felt meaningful. "
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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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" In this country, you have movie actors and theatre actors and television actors. "
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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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Imagination
" 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. "
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Language
Camera
Him
" Sometimes you become friends with the characters you portray. "
Max von Sydow
Friends
You
Sometimes
" 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. "
Max von Sydow
Time
Too Much
Difficult
" I owe Mr. Bergman so much. "
Max von Sydow
Owe
Mr
Bergman
" The offers I get are for grandfathers, uncles - and they often die very quickly in the script. "
Max von Sydow
Offers
Very
Uncles
" Playing the role of Christ was like being in a prison. It was the hardest part I've ever had to play in my life. I couldn't smoke or drink in public. I couldn't. "
Max von Sydow
Life
Play
My Life
" I would like to do 'King Lear.' But I would like to do it in Swedish. "
Max von Sydow
King
Would
Swedish
" 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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People
American
Bad
" 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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You
Watch
" Producers are not gamblers. They want a good return on their investment. "
Max von Sydow
Want
Good
Investment
" I think English is a fantastic, rich and musical language, but of course your mother tongue is the most important for an actor. "
Max von Sydow
Tongue
Language
Mother
" 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. "
Max von Sydow
People
Ask
Feeling
" I'm getting too old to play some parts, but I'm still greedy. "
Max von Sydow
Old
Still
Some
" I think it's good that we're sometimes reminded of important events in history. "
Max von Sydow
Good
Important
Think
" 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! "
Max von Sydow
People
Good
Think
" Italians are great improvisers. If something unforeseen happens, they throw up their hands, and they adjust. "
Max von Sydow
Throw
Adjust
Up
" We should look back now and then. Our politicians should look back every now and then. "
Max von Sydow
Look
Then
Politicians
" I just feel I shouldn't work too much, because there are so many other things to do. "
Max von Sydow
Too Much
Work
Things
" I'm an actor; I'm not a director. "
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Actor
Director
" 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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Feel
World
Newspaper
" You cannot study acting in books. Do it, do it, do it. And watch good actors. See what they are doing and how they are doing it. You have to practically participate, I think, in order to develop yourself. "
Max von Sydow
Think
Yourself
Good
" 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. "
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Back
Prison
Christ
" I understand German; I can read German. "
Max von Sydow
German
I Can
Read