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