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" In this country, you have movie actors and theatre actors and television actors. "
Max von Sydow
Television
Theatre
Movie
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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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" 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. "
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" 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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" New York is a fascinating city. I think it's a very inspiring city, but it's overpowering when you get older. It tires me now. But it's wonderful for young people - very inspiring and full of surprises and full of ideas. "
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" Sometimes you become friends with the characters you portray. "
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" I just feel I shouldn't work too much, because there are so many other things to do. "
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" Bergman was courageous in choosing people to do things that they themselves might not expect to play. "
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" The offers I get are for grandfathers, uncles - and they often die very quickly in the script. "
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" It was great to watch Orson Welles, not only as an actor but as a director. "
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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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" 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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Work
" In a silent film, you speak but the audience does not hear you. "
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" I don't have a philosophy for choosing roles. Sometimes, it's just, 'This might be interesting; that might be fun to do.' There might be interesting actors or directors in the project, even if the part is not important. And then sometimes, you need the money. "
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" I think English is a fantastic, rich and musical language, but of course your mother tongue is the most important for an actor. "
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" There are those who want to believe but can't, and there are those who believe as children and it's no problem for them at all. "
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" In Hollywood they usually cast me as villains or priests. "
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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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