Max von Sydow Quotes
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There comes a time, thief, when the jewels cease to sparkle, when the gold loses its luster, when the throne room becomes a prison, and…
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Filming is repetition and many takes
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In this country, you have movie actors and theatre actors and television actors
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It's important to me to work in my own language now and then. I love English, but you can never learn to master a foreign…
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I accept a role only if it's something I really, really like
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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,…
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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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In Hollywood they usually cast me as villains or priests
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I just feel I shouldn't work too much, because there are so many other things to do
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I've never been in a barroom brawl in my life. I just don't do such things
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Movies give me an opportunity to go places. I'm not only a Swede but an American, not just a man of my time, but I've…
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A vacation spot out of season always has a very special magic
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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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All my life I've been looking for diversity
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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…
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I'm getting too old to play some parts, but I'm still greedy
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The power of Christ compels you!
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I like to play with things a while before annihilation.
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I'm not in retirement. I just don't want to work so much, and I don't get that many offers any more.
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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…
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