Max von Sydow Quotes

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

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  Saint, Felt, Sinner

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

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  Return, Want, Gamer

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

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  Jesus, Names, Religion

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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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  Believe, Evil, People

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• The power of Christ compels you!

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  Christ, Exorcist

  "Fictional character: Father Merrin , Father Karras". "The Exorcist", www.imdb.com. 1973.

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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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  Meaningful, Important, Nostalgia

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• 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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  Thinking, Order, Watches

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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 been living 2,000 years ago-and not just in a new country, America, but in the Holy Land, too

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  Movie, Country, Opportunity

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• I like to play with things a while before annihilation.

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  Play, Flash Gordon, Annihilation

  "Fictional character: The Emperor Ming". "Flash Gordon", 1980.

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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, but I often wonder if I would have turned the other cheek

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  Drunk, Faces, Wonder

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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 all that is left is a father's love for his child.

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  Children, Father, Jewels

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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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  Too Much, Things To Do, Feels

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

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  Vacation, Magic, Special

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• All my life I've been looking for diversity

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  Diversity

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• In Hollywood they usually cast me as villains or priests

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  Hollywood, Villain, Priests

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

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  Roles, Accepting, Ifs

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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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  Nice, People, Guy

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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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  Uncles, Grandfather, Scripts

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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 language if you're not brought up with it

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  Important, Language, Now And Then

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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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  Mother, Thinking, Musical

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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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  Retirement, Want, Offers

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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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• 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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  Movie, Fighting, Want

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

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  Play, Greedy, Stills

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• Filming is repetition and many takes

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  Repetition

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