Max von Sydow Quotes
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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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Ingmar Bergman had a great sense of humor, and he had a very special, characteristic laugh that you always recognized - if he went to watch a theater show, 'Ah! He is here tonight.'
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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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France is, for me, the country of happiness.
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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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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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Spielberg knows his craft so well, he can also improvise, and that is a lot of fun.
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Most screenplays I receive are boring, and some are straight-out bad.
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Awards are lovely and always welcome.
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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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I could never learn to be totally fluent in any other language.
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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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The more I had to act like a saint, the more I felt like being a sinner.
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Filming is repetition and many takes.
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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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Unfortunately, not all stories end positively.
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It was great to watch Orson Welles, not only as an actor but as a director.
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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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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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You cannot study acting in books. Do it, do it, do it. And watch good actors. See what they are doing and how they are doing it. You have to practically participate, I think, in order to develop yourself.
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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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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.
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I owe Mr. Bergman so much.