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" There are casting directors with lots of imagination, but also some with not as much imagination. "
Max von Sydow
Casting
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" Film acting, if you don't play the lead, you come, and you do your scenes in a few days, and you act with a couple of colleagues. All the rest of the actors you never see, and you don't even meet many of them. And you don't know what will happen with what you've done. Maybe it will be in the film, maybe it will not. "
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" I'm not in retirement. I just don't want to work so much, and I don't get that many offers any more. "
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" I accept a role only if it's something I really, really like. "
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" 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. "
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" Awards are lovely and always welcome. "
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" I just feel I shouldn't work too much, because there are so many other things to do. "
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