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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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" 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! "

Max von Sydow

People

Good

Think

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

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

" 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. "

Max von Sydow

Human Nature

Interesting

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" Between you and me, odd things happen always on set. "

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

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

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

Max von Sydow

Actor

Director

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" You cannot study acting in books. Do it, do it, do it. And watch good actors. See what they are doing and how they are doing it. You have to practically participate, I think, in order to develop yourself. "

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

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

" 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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I actually know the moment I became known. It was at the Cannes Film Festival, when they showed 'The Virgin Spring.' I walked into that theater as one person, and I walked out as another. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" I understand German; I can read German. "

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

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

Max von Sydow

Throw

Adjust

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

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