Max von Sydow

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.

Unfortunately, not all stories end positively.

If Jesus came back today, and saw what was going on in his name, he'd never stop throwing up.

I think that, in almost all human beings, there is buried a profound tribal instinct that makes us very susceptible to being aroused to patriotic fervour.

Realistically speaking, I don't know how many more years I will want to be acting or will be invited to be.

I'm interested in the psychological exploration of human nature, and it just happens to come in the form of film-making.