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

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

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

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

The more I had to act like a saint, the more I felt like being a sinner.

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