Only very rarely are ...

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

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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
 Max von Sydow
I accept a role only if it's something I really, really like
 Max von Sydow
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
The idea of working with Steven Spielberg was very attractive. He's such a master. He knows the language of the camera and of filmmaking, which gives him a great freedom.
 Max von Sydow
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