Liv Ullmann Quotes

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• Soon I will be an old, white-haired lady, into whose lap someone places a baby, saying, "Smile, Grandma!" - I, who myself so recently was…
• Nobody is one block of harmony. We are all afraid of something, or feel limited in something. We all need somebody to talk to. It…
• Books have always been living things to me. Some of my encounters with new authors have changed my life a little. When I have been…
• Ibsen was Norwegian by birth, but universal in spirit.
• The fear inside of loneliness: That only what others have is real.
• I do not want to arrive at the end of life and then be asked what I made of it and have to answer: 'I…
• What I have always loved most in men is imperfection. I get moved by the wrinkles on the throat of a man. It makes me…
• It's better to wake up alone knowing that you're alone, than waking up with someone and still be lonely
• If only we could accept that there is no difference between us where human values are concerned. Whatever sex.
• I just think that sometimes it is less hard to wake up feeling lonely when you are alone than to wake up feeling lonely when…
• The best thing that can come with success is the knowledge that it is nothing to long for.
• Sometimes I get a little tired of it. But you know, what a privilege, to get tired of working with Ingmar Bergman.
• It is only the untalented director who imagines him or herself in every part, wants his or her own thoughts and emotions portrayed; it is…
• I believe we come to earth with sealed orders. I believe that only those who lack passion look down on purpose.
• I am learning that if I just go on accepting the framework for life that others have given me, if I fail to make my…
• Hollywood is loneliness beside the swimming pool.
• One of the things I like about my profession, and that I find healthy, is that one constantly has to break oneself to pieces.
• The older one gets in this profession, the more people there are with whom one would never work again.
• We all need somebody to talk to. It would be good if we talked... not just pitter-patter, but real talk. We shouldn't be so afraid,…

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