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

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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! "

" 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. "

" Italians are great improvisers. If something unforeseen happens, they throw up their hands, and they adjust. "

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

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

" All of us, we deserve to survive. "

" Playing the role of Christ was like being in a prison. It was the hardest part I've ever had to play in my life. I couldn't smoke or drink in public. I couldn't. "

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" I find it very hard to take myself seriously. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Awards are lovely and always welcome. "

" 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?' "

" Filming is repetition and many takes. "

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

" I think English is a fantastic, rich and musical language, but of course your mother tongue is the most important for an actor. "

" 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.' "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I owe Mr. Bergman so much. "

" In a silent film, you speak but the audience does not hear you. "