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Maximilian Schell
Swiss
Actor
About the author
First love is first love, first marriage is first marriage, disappointment is disappointment.
Maximilian Schell,
Swiss
Actor
#Love
#First
#Marriage
#Disappointment
#First love
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.
Maximilian Schell,
Swiss
Actor
#Tragedy
#Shakespeare
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.
Maximilian Schell,
Swiss
Actor
#People
#Questions
#Word
#Answers
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.
Maximilian Schell,
Swiss
Actor
#Style
#Years
#Funny
We should never forget that Hollywood was built by Europeans, and the old Jewish boys from Eastern Europe.
Maximilian Schell,
Swiss
Actor
#Forget
#Hollywood
#Old
#Europe
#Boys
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.
Maximilian Schell,
Swiss
Actor
#Love
#War
#Woman
#Dancing
Music in this film is a very important part.
Maximilian Schell,
Swiss
Actor
#Film
#Music
I'm always happy when I'm left alone, but if somebody comes and is nice, then we talk.
Maximilian Schell,
Swiss
Actor
#Talk
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.
Maximilian Schell,
Swiss
Actor
#Conversation
I played piano, I learned a lot about music.
Maximilian Schell,
Swiss
Actor
#Music
I did have fun, for example, in The Black Hole which was very popular among youngsters.
Maximilian Schell,
Swiss
Actor
#Fun
#Popular
#Example
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.
Maximilian Schell,
Swiss
Actor
#Power
#Europe
#Energy
#Theater
#Entertainment
And it's interesting, but I'm always interested in the story behind the story.
Maximilian Schell,
Swiss
Actor
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.
Maximilian Schell,
Swiss
Actor
#Time
#Life
#Success
#Failure
#Survival
#Reality
I never played the right roles, or very rarely got the right roles offered, except on stage.
Maximilian Schell,
Swiss
Actor
#Right