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" 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. "

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" 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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" When I know what the character I'm supposed to play wants in general terms, and when I know what did the other characters want to do, that's when all these wills collide and the emotions show up. "

" 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?' "

" 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. "

Max von Sydow

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" Awards are lovely and always welcome. "

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

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

" Unfortunately, not all stories end positively. "

" Human beings are human beings whether they speak or not. "

" I'm getting too old to play some parts, but I'm still greedy. "

" France is, for me, the country of happiness. "

" 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 just feel I shouldn't work too much, because there are so many other things to do. "

" The Devil, of course, must have been or must be a very charming person. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" What is important, I think, is to reach as many people as you can and do it as well as you can. Reach them and inspire them or amuse them, or maybe in some odd moments help them to discover something they hadn't thought of before. "

" Most screenplays I receive are boring, and some are straight-out bad. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" All of us, we deserve to survive. "

Max von Sydow

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Survive

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" Perhaps I scare people. I don't know why. "

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

Max von Sydow

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