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

Producers are not gamblers. They want a good return on their investment.

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.

Spielberg knows his craft so well, he can also improvise, and that is a lot of fun.

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

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