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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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" When I know what the character I'm supposed to play wants in general terms, and when I know what did the other characters want to do, that's when all these wills collide and the emotions show up. "

" My parents were brought up in families which believed theatre people weren't to be trusted. But they were nice people. "

" It was great to watch Orson Welles, not only as an actor but as a director. "

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

" 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?' "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" Mr. Bergman had a great imagination and saw the possibilities within every one of his actors, and he gave us great challenges. It was very inspiring. "

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

" 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. "

" If Jesus came back today, and saw what was going on in his name, he'd never stop throwing up. "

" 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. "

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

" The studio rented a house for my wife in Los Angeles under a phony name to keep reporters away. Whenever I wanted to visit her and my children, I would have to sneak in the back door after dark. "

" 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. "

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

" In Hollywood they usually cast me as villains or priests. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" All my life I've been looking for diversity. "

" I understand German; I can read German. "

" I was in such a hurry to be an actor. Now I'm sometimes mad at myself that I didn't stop and study for a couple of years. "

" 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. "