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In Hollywood they usually cast me as villains or priests.

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In this country, you have movie actors and theatre actors and television actors.

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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.

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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.

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

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Perhaps I scare people. I don't know why.

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Playing Christ, I began to feel shut away from the world. A newspaper became one of my biggest luxuries. I noticed that some of my close friends began treating me with reverence.

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Playing the role of Christ was like being in a prison. It was the hardest part I've ever had to play in my life. I couldn't smoke or drink in public. I couldn't.

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

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

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Biography

Nationality: Swedish

Type: Actor

Born: April 10th, 1929

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