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In Hollywood they usually cast me as villains or priests.
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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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Perhaps I scare people. I don't know why.
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All my life I've been looking for diversity.
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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.
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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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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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Bergman has a very special eye for people. His background taught him to listen and to feel.
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I'm getting too old to play some parts, but I'm still greedy.
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Producers are not gamblers. They want a good return on their investment.
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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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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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I think it's good that we're sometimes reminded of important events in history.
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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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Most screenplays I receive are boring, and some are straight-out bad.
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Sometimes you remember more about the location where you shot the film than the film itself.
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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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I find it very hard to take myself seriously.
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The Devil, of course, must have been or must be a very charming person.
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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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Awards are lovely and always welcome.
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In this country, you have movie actors and theatre actors and television actors.
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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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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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