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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Sometimes you remember more about the location where you shot the film than the film itself. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Playing Christ, I began to feel shut away from the world. A newspaper became one of my biggest luxuries. I noticed that some of my close friends began treating me with reverence. "

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

" Bergman was courageous in choosing people to do things that they themselves might not expect to play. "

" The more I had to act like a saint, the more I felt like being a sinner. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I'm an actor; I'm not a director. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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!' "

" Unfortunately, not all stories end positively. "

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

" I admired Stephen Daldry very much; I think he's a brilliant director, and also, I feel close to him because he has a lot of theater behind him. He's also a man of great imagination and a lovely sense of humor. "