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

— Max von Sydow

#feel #i #just #many #much

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. ↗

— Max von Sydow

#bergman #days #felt #films #going

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. ↗

— Max von Sydow

#contact #control #direct #direct contact #fighting

In Hollywood they usually cast me as villains or priests. ↗

— Max von Sydow

#hollywood #me #priests #usually #villains

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. ↗

— Max von Sydow

#american #been #country #give #give me

Only very rarely are foreigners or first-generation immigrants allowed to be nice people in American films. Those with an accent are bad guys. ↗

— Max von Sydow

#allowed #american #american films #bad #bad guys

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

— Max von Sydow

#know #people #perhaps #scare #why

Playing Christ, I began to feel shut away from the world. A newspaper became one of my biggest luxuries. I noticed that some of my close friends began treating me with reverence. ↗

— Max von Sydow

#became #began #biggest #christ #close

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

— Max von Sydow

#good #investment #producers #return #their

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

— Max von Sydow

#craft #fun #his #improvise #knows