Max von Sydow Quotes
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Movies give me an opportunity to go places. I'm not only a Swede but an American, not just a man of my time, but I've been living 2,000 years ago-and not just in a new country, America, but in the Holy Land, too.
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Bergman has a very special eye for people. His background taught him to listen and to feel.
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What is important, I think, is to reach as many people as you can and do it as well as you can. Reach them and inspire them or amuse them, or maybe in some odd moments help them to discover something they hadn't thought of before.
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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.
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Perhaps I scare people. I don't know why.
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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.
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All my life I've been looking for diversity.
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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.
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It often disturbs me, when I see a film set in a historical time, that the people are too modern.
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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.
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Only very rarely are foreigners or first-generation immigrants allowed to be nice people in American films. Those with an accent are bad guys.
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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.
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My parents were brought up in families which believed theatre people weren't to be trusted. But they were nice people.
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I'm getting too old to play some parts, but I'm still greedy.
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The Devil, of course, must have been or must be a very charming person.
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Producers are not gamblers. They want a good return on their investment.
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I think it's good that we're sometimes reminded of important events in history.
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Most screenplays I receive are boring, and some are straight-out bad.
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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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Sometimes you remember more about the location where you shot the film than the film itself.
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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.
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We should look back now and then. Our politicians should look back every now and then.
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Sometimes you become friends with the characters you portray.
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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.