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Max von Sydow Quotes

Swedish - Actor | April 10, 1929 -

Sometimes you become friends with the characters you portray.

Friends You Sometimes Become Portray

It's not a matter of learning lines. It's a matter of getting into the ideas and the will of the person. It's a matter of, 'What does he want to do? What does he want to achieve?'

Learning Ideas Person Achieve Want

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

Time People Me See I See Historical

My father was a professor of folklore, and my mother was a teacher until she was married. I had a good relationship with them, and the only argument we had was when I went to university and wanted to go into the theater instead of studying to be a lawyer.

Good Father Mother Relationship Go

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

King Would Like King Lear Swedish

I think it's good that we're sometimes reminded of important events in history.

Good History Think Sometimes Events

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.

Myself Mad Stop Now Sometimes Actor

To me, part of the fascinating profession of acting is to participate in all these strange situations, to try to understand all these interesting characters, fictitious or real, their human nature... It's extraordinarily fascinating.

Nature Me Interesting Acting Strange

You cannot study acting in books. 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.

Good Yourself Think Doing Acting

When I know what the character I'm supposed to play wants in general terms, and when I know what did the other characters want to do, that's when all these wills collide and the emotions show up.

Character Emotions Play Know Want

Film work can be very interesting, but it also can be awfully boring because who creates the film? The actors? No. It is the director. It's his piece of work.

Work Interesting Boring Director Who

I understand German; I can read German.

I Can Understand Read German

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