I owe Mr. Bergman so much.

The power of Christ compels you!

All of us, we deserve to survive.

Filming is repetition and many takes

Filming is repetition and many takes.

Awards are lovely and always welcome.

I understand German; I can read German.

Perhaps I scare people. I don't know why.

All my life I've been looking for diversity

All my life I've been looking for diversity.

France is, for me, the country of happiness.

Unfortunately, not all stories end positively.

Between you and me, odd things happen always on set.

I like to play with things a while before annihilation.

In Hollywood they usually cast me as villains or priests

In Hollywood they usually cast me as villains or priests.

I accept a role only if it's something I really, really like

I'm getting too old to play some parts, but I'm still greedy

I'm getting too old to play some parts, but I'm still greedy.

A vacation spot out of season always has a very special magic

Sometimes you become friends with the characters you portray.

A vacation spot out of season always has a very special magic.

In a silent film, you speak but the audience does not hear you.

I could never learn to be totally fluent in any other language.

I would like to do 'King Lear.' But I would like to do it in Swedish.

Most screenplays I receive are boring, and some are straight-out bad.

The Devil, of course, must have been or must be a very charming person.

The more I had to act like a saint, the more I felt like being a sinner.

Producers are not gamblers. They want a good return on their investment.

I've never been in a barroom brawl in my life. I just don't do such things

It was great to watch Orson Welles, not only as an actor but as a director.

I've never been in a barroom brawl in my life. I just don't do such things.

In this country, you have movie actors and theatre actors and television actors

In this country, you have movie actors and theatre actors and television actors.

I just feel I shouldn't work too much, because there are so many other things to do

Spielberg knows his craft so well, he can also improvise, and that is a lot of fun.

We should look back now and then. Our politicians should look back every now and then.

Bergman has a very special eye for people. His background taught him to listen and to feel.

Sometimes you remember more about the location where you shot the film than the film itself.

If Jesus came back today, and saw what was going on in his name, he'd never stop throwing up.

The offers I get are for grandfathers, uncles - and they often die very quickly in the script.

There are casting directors with lots of imagination, but also some with not as much imagination.

It often disturbs me, when I see a film set in a historical time, that the people are too modern.

I've been the type of father who tries desperately to be perfect but doesn't succeed all the time.

I'm not in retirement. I just don't want to work so much, and I don't get that many offers any more.

Bergman was courageous in choosing people to do things that they themselves might not expect to play.

Italians are great improvisers. If something unforeseen happens, they throw up their hands, and they adjust.

My parents were brought up in families which believed theatre people weren't to be trusted. But they were nice people.

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.

I was in such a hurry to be an actor. Now I'm sometimes mad at myself that I didn't stop and study for a couple of years.

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