Occupation: Actor Birth: April 10, 1929
I'm not in retirement. I just don't want to work so much, and I don't get that many offers any more..
In Hollywood they usually cast me as villains or priests.
The more I had to act like a saint, the more I felt like being a sinner..
The offers I get are for grandfathers, uncles - and they often die very quickly in the script..
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 brou….
All my life I've been looking for diversity.
Only very rarely are foreigners or first-generation immigrants allowed to be nice people in American films. Those with an accent are bad guys.
There comes a time, thief, when the jewels cease to sparkle, when the gold loses its luster, when the throne room becomes a prison, and all that is l….
I accept a role only if it's something I really, really like.
I just feel I shouldn't work too much, because there are so many other things to do.
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.
I think English is a fantastic, rich and musical language, but of course your mother tongue is the most important for an actor.
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 ….
I'm getting too old to play some parts, but I'm still greedy.
I like to play with things a while before annihilation..
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….
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 power of Christ compels you!.
If Jesus came back today, and saw what was going on in his name, he'd never stop throwing up..
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 v….
Producers are not gamblers. They want a good return on their investment..