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I would like to do 'King Lear.' But I would like to do it in Swedish.

— Max von Sydow

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I speak Swedish mainly with my kids' friends.

— Greg Poehler

I want to play King Lear, Macbeth, Benedict, Coriolanus. I wouldn't mind doing Hamlet again. Well, I'm a little old. Perhaps I can rub Vaseline on the audience's eyes.

— Roger Rees

I don't want to play only Latin women. I want to have roles in English.

— Paz Vega

Acting in another language is great, and I've done that. But you can't do it as well as you can do it in your own language.

— Emmanuelle Seigner

In 'A Royal Affair' I had to learn to act like a queen and learned Danish. It's so much different to act in another language. It's the nuances in the words.

— Alicia Vikander

I would quite like to do a different accent or play something so different from myself because Olivia, the character I play in this film, is similar to me.

— Charlotte Church

✗Opposing Perspectives

If you were to ask me to speak Swedish or Dutch or German, I have no idea if I could pull that off!

— Marisol Nichols

I want to play Eva Peron. I've already done a lot of Shakespeare, but I'd like to do Lady Macbeth.

— Tamara Tunie

I guess if they ever do a remake of 'Sophie's Choice,' I could play the Meryl Streep part. I've got to work on my Polish accent. Maybe I'll be the definitive King Lear one day. You know, if they ever feel that King Lear should be more Jewy.

— Gilbert Gottfried

If there is a Swedish style, I cannot identify it.

— Stefan Persson