Maximilian Schell Quotes

• Well, I did Marlene 15 years ago and that’s in the style. It’s somehow similar and not similar because Marlene was much more aggressive, funny and sad.

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• We should never forget that Hollywood was built by Europeans, and the old Jewish boys from Eastern Europe.

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• The interesting thing is that I found scenes which I put together which could appeal to almost every woman, or apply to almost every woman after the war. Falling in love, dancing, marrying.

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• Music in this film is a very important part.

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• I’m always happy when I’m left alone, but if somebody comes and is nice, then we talk.

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• I think there’s a poet who wrote once a tragedy by Shakespeare, a symphony by Beethoven and a thunderstorm are based on the same elements. I think that’s a beautiful line.

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• I played piano, I learned a lot about music.

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• I never played the right roles, or very rarely got the right roles offered, except on stage.

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• I just think the word interview, although it is the view between two people exchanged, became a sort of cliche. You ask questions and the other one answers.

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• I did have fun, for example, in The Black Hole which was very popular among youngsters.

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• First love is first love, first marriage is first marriage, disappointment is disappointment.

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• Except here it’s more power, more energy, younger and also in Europe it’s still not only entertainment. Theater or films are looked at as a moral institution. That’s why maybe they’re so poetic. Here it’s clear entertainment.

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• And it’s interesting, but I’m always interested in the story behind the story.

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• And in reality, I don’t think it’s a real documentary. It’s more a story of her life. It’s a story of survival. It’s a story of the time in which she lived. The story of success and failure.

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• A conversation goes sometimes into personal things and that’s nicer. You look to each other and you have a different picture, you get into a relationship.

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Maximilian Schell (15)

Birth:	8th December, 1930
Nationality:	Swiss
Profession:	Actor, Director, Producer, Screenwriter

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