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" It often disturbs me, when I see a film set in a historical time, that the people are too modern. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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.' "

" 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. "

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

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

" I've never been in a barroom brawl in my life. I just don't do such things. "

" 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. "

" 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?' "

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

" Awards are lovely and always welcome. "

" I could never learn to be totally fluent in any other language. "

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

" In this country, you have movie actors and theatre actors and television actors. "

" Mr. Bergman was a man of great working discipline. He forced everyone to concentrate when it was important. No disturbing noise during rehearsal. A code of silence. "

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

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

" Only very rarely are foreigners or first-generation immigrants allowed to be nice people in American films. Those with an accent are bad guys. "

" I would love to do parts I have never done before, but unfortunately, if you have had success in a particular type of character, the casting agents think, 'Oh! We'll have something exactly like that.' It's very boring. "

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

" Bergman has a very special eye for people. His background taught him to listen and to feel. "

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

" I actually know the moment I became known. It was at the Cannes Film Festival, when they showed 'The Virgin Spring.' I walked into that theater as one person, and I walked out as another. "

" Sometimes you become friends with the characters you portray. "

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

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

" It's important to me to work in my own language now and then. I love English, but you can never learn to master a foreign language if you're not brought up with it. "

" The most difficult part of playing Christ was that I had to keep up the image around the clock. As soon as the picture finished, I returned home to Sweden and tried to find my old self. It took six months to get back to normal. "

" 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. "

" Nobody told me there was any idea for a sequel to 'The Exorcist.' But my agent called me to tell me they were going to do it, and there was a part for me. I said, 'But I died in the first film.' 'Well,' he told me, 'this is from the early days of Father Merrin's life.' I told him I just didn't want to do it again. "