Max von Sydow Quotes
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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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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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Producers are not gamblers. They want a good return on their investment.
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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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France is, for me, the country of happiness.
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Awards are lovely and always welcome.
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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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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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It was great to watch Orson Welles, not only as an actor but as a director.
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Most screenplays I receive are boring, and some are straight-out bad.
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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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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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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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Unfortunately, not all stories end positively.
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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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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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I owe Mr. Bergman so much.
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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 silent film, you speak but the audience does not hear you.
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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.