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Max von Sydow

"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."

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"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."

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A.E. Samaan

"Christ had given the apostles a world-wide commission, embracing all the nations; but intellectually they did not understand what He meant. They found that out as they followed the impulse of the Spirit."

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A.E. Samaan

"You try to get the feel of any role, but it's much more difficult in the case of Christ because everyone has their own personal image of Him. It's a role you take on, knowing that no matter how you play it, you are going to disappoint many."

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A.E. Samaan

"We pray that the deceitful race - such hateful enemies and blasphemers of the name of Christ - be not allowed to further infect and trouble this new colony."

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A.E. Samaan

"We were old sinners - but when we came to Christ we are not sinners anymore."

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A.E. Samaan

"The book of Revelation says that we no longer need the sun or the moon, for Christ is the light of the world."

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A.E. Samaan

"Christ preferred the poor; ever since I have been converted so have I."

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A.E. Samaan

"I went to Sunday School and liked the stories about Christ and the Christmas star. They were beautiful. They made you warm and happy to think about. But I didn't believe them."

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A.E. Samaan

"Thanksgiving is a season that is very much in accord with the themes and teachings of Jesus Christ."

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A.E. Samaan

"I knew I was going from the flock of Christ and had no resolution to return, hence serious reflections were uneasy to me, and youthful vanities and diversions were my greatest pleasure."

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A.E. Samaan

"The supernatural birth of Christ, his miracles, his resurrection and ascension, remain eternal truths, whatever doubts may be cast on their reality as historical facts."

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Max von Sydow
"Filming is repetition and many takes."

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Max von Sydow
"Playing the role of Christ was like being in a prison. It was the hardest part I've ever had to play in my life. I couldn't smoke or drink in public. I couldn't."

Life

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

Fun

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Max von Sydow
"I'm getting too old to play some parts, but I'm still greedy."

Old

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Max von Sydow
"The most difficult part of playing Christ was that I had to keep up the image around the clock. As soon as the picture finished, I returned home to Sweden and tried to find my old self. It took six months to get back to normal."

Home

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Max von Sydow
"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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Max von Sydow
"In Hollywood they usually cast me as villains or priests."

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

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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."

Movies

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

Life

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