Max von Sydow Quotes
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France is, for me, the country of happiness.
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I find it very hard to take myself seriously.
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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.
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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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There are casting directors with lots of imagination, but also some with not as much imagination.
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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.
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Spielberg knows his craft so well, he can also improvise, and that is a lot of fun.
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I think English is a fantastic, rich and musical language, but of course your mother tongue is the most important for an actor.
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Nobody told me there was any idea for a sequel to 'The Exorcist.' But my agent called me to tell me they were going to do it, and there was a part for me. I said, 'But I died in the first film.' 'Well,' he told me, 'this is from the early days of Father Merrin's life.' I told him I just didn't want to do it again.
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I could never learn to be totally fluent in any other language.
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The more I had to act like a saint, the more I felt like being a sinner.
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The offers I get are for grandfathers, uncles - and they often die very quickly in the script.
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New York is a fascinating city. I think it's a very inspiring city, but it's overpowering when you get older. It tires me now. But it's wonderful for young people - very inspiring and full of surprises and full of ideas.
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I don't believe in devils. Indifference and misunderstandings can create evil situations. Most of the time, people who appear to be evil are really victims of evil deeds.
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I would like to do 'King Lear.' But I would like to do it in Swedish.
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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.
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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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Bergman was courageous in choosing people to do things that they themselves might not expect to play.
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Filming is repetition and many takes.
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I owe Mr. Bergman so much.
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In a silent film, you speak but the audience does not hear you.
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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.
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It was great to watch Orson Welles, not only as an actor but as a director.