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"Bergman has a very special eye for people. His background taught him to listen and to feel."
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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."

"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."

"The studio rented a house for my wife in Los Angeles under a phony name to keep reporters away. Whenever I wanted to visit her and my children, I would have to sneak in the back door after dark."

"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."

"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."

"I think English is a fantastic, rich and musical language, but of course your mother tongue is the most important for an actor."

"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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