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" 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. "

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" France is, for me, the country of happiness. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I think it's good that we're sometimes reminded of important events in history. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 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?' "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Unfortunately, not all stories end positively. "

" Spielberg knows his craft so well, he can also improvise, and that is a lot of fun. "

" I owe Mr. Bergman so much. "

" There are casting directors with lots of imagination, but also some with not as much imagination. "

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

" 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. "

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

" The offers I get are for grandfathers, uncles - and they often die very quickly in the script. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "