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"Ibsen was Norwegian by birth, but universal in spirit."
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"The older one gets in this profession, the more people there are with whom one would never work again."

"We all need somebody to talk to. It would be good if we talked... not just pitter-patter, but real talk. We shouldn't be so afraid, because most people really like this contact; that you show you are vulnerable makes them free to be vulnerable."

"If only we could accept that there is no difference between us where human values are concerned. Whatever sex."

"Sometimes I get a little tired of it. But you know, what a privilege, to get tired of working with Ingmar Bergman."
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"A movie is not a book. If the source material is a book, you cannot be too respectful of the book. All you owe to the book is the spirit."

"Manufactured spirit is much more reliable than organic spirit."

"Teenagers think they are invincible with that sly, stupid smile on their faces, they don't know how right they are. We need never be hopeless, because we can never be irreparably broken. We think that we are invincible because we are. We cannot be born, and we cannot die. Like all energy, we can only change shapes and sizes and manifestations. They forget that when they get old. They get scared of losing and failing. But that part of us greater than the sum of our parts cannot begin and cannot end, and so it cannot fail."

"The greater the spirit, the more one is alone."

"I tell you I can't be bothered with things like that. I've got a soul above buttons."
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