I accept a role only if it's something I really, really like

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'm not in retirement. I just don't want to work so much, and I don't get that many offers any more.

Filming is repetition and many takes

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

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

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