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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."

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A.E. Samaan

"From the port of ideas, not only the most clever ones put out to sea and conquer the world but also the most stupid ones do this!"

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A.E. Samaan

"Give people films, they will forget after a few weeks, but give people ideas, they will assimilate them into their consciousness."

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A.E. Samaan

"Through your ideas, you open the window of your mind and say a hello to the world."

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A.E. Samaan

"There is no battle or engagement with any institution, company or government; it is always an engagement of ideas."

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A.E. Samaan

"A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism."

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A.E. Samaan

"An idea can change your fate in a wonderful way but you must first let the idea to touch your mind and your heart! No closed book can ever be your hero!"

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A.E. Samaan

"Many things about our bodies would not seem to us so filthy and obscene if we did not have the idea of nobility in our heads."

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A.E. Samaan

"Unless you close your door to other ideas, you will never remain idealess!"

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A.E. Samaan

"The Northern idea of form is more of a process. The various units of the form overlap. You can't tell where some things stop and new things start. This is typical of Sibelius."

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A.E. Samaan

"I don't know what makes a guy want to write songs and sing, but if you've got a message, you want to get it across. When I come up with an idea about the way I feel, I can really state it strongly in a song."

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

Repetition

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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."

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

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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."

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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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