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" 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. "
Max von Sydow
Important
Love
Me
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" 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. "
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" I've never been in a barroom brawl in my life. I just don't do such things. "
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" During my military service, I performed a sketch in which I played a flea called Max. So when critics kept misspelling my name, I decided to change it and thought, 'Ah! Max!' "
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" Producers are not gamblers. They want a good return on their investment. "
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" A vacation spot out of season always has a very special magic. "
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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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" It often disturbs me, when I see a film set in a historical time, that the people are too modern. "
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" My father was a professor of folklore, and my mother was a teacher until she was married. I had a good relationship with them, and the only argument we had was when I went to university and wanted to go into the theater instead of studying to be a lawyer. "
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" To me, part of the fascinating profession of acting is to participate in all these strange situations, to try to understand all these interesting characters, fictitious or real, their human nature... It's extraordinarily fascinating. "
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Me
" I owe Mr. Bergman so much. "
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Owe
Mr
Bergman
" My parents were brought up in families which believed theatre people weren't to be trusted. But they were nice people. "
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" It was great to watch Orson Welles, not only as an actor but as a director. "
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Only
Great
" 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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Good
Think
" Most screenplays I receive are boring, and some are straight-out bad. "
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Boring
Some
" Sometimes you remember more about the location where you shot the film than the film itself. "
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Location
" I'm an actor; I'm not a director. "
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Director
" 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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American
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" I'm not in retirement. I just don't want to work so much, and I don't get that many offers any more. "
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Much
Work
Want
" 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. "
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War
Become
Start
" I think it's good that we're sometimes reminded of important events in history. "
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Good
Important
Think
" When I was brought up in Sweden, there was a great opportunity for young people to learn how to act in our municipal theaters with their small companies. You would be under contract for eight months and have the summer free to take other opportunities. "
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Small
People
" The Devil, of course, must have been or must be a very charming person. "
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" Spielberg knows his craft so well, he can also improvise, and that is a lot of fun. "
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He
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" 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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" 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. "
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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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Him
" 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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" 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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" 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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Drunk
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" Bergman has a very special eye for people. His background taught him to listen and to feel. "
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