In Hollywood they usually cast me as villains or priests

Only very rarely are foreigners or first-generation immigrants allowed to be nice people in American films. Those with an accent are bad guys

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

All my life I've been looking for diversity

The offers I get are for grandfathers, uncles - and they often die very quickly in the script.

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.

I'm getting too old to play some parts, but I'm still greedy