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" I was very much in love with my mother. She was a very warm and a very cold woman. When she was warm, I tried to come close to her. But she could be very cold and rejecting. "

Ingmar Bergman

Love

She

Warm

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" When we came out from the Elysee palace, there was a gigantic limousine waiting for us and four police on motorcycles. It is probably one of the few times I have experienced my fame. I thought it was so fantastic that I laughed to the point of shouting. "

" The anger and the creativity are so closely intertwined with me, and there's plenty of anger left. "

" The demons are innumerable, appear at the most inconvenient times, and create panic and terror. But I have learnt that if I can master the negative forces and harness them to my chariot, then they can work to my advantage. "

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" I was booed at the premiere of 'Miss Julie,' a remarkably stimulating experience. "

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" The doors between the old man today and the child are still open, wide open. I can stroll through my grandmother's house and know exactly where the pictures are, the furniture was, how it looked, the voice, the smells. I can move from my bed at night today to my childhood in less than a second. "

" On a personal level, there are many people who have meant a great deal to me. My father and mother were certainly of vital importance, not only in themselves but because they created a world for me to revolt against. "

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People

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Bloody

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" I don't watch my own films very often. I become so jittery and ready to cry... and miserable. I think it's awful. "

" If I don't create, I don't exist. "

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Exist

Create

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" Now I want to make it plain that 'The Virgin Spring' must be regarded as an aberration. It's touristic, a lousy imitation of Kurosawa. "

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