Maximilian Schell quotes

Maximilian Schell was a Swiss actor and director, acclaimed for his powerful film and stage performances. International audiences recognized his talent, especially after he won the Academy Award for Best Actor for "Judgment at Nuremberg." He continued to achieve critical and popular success throughout his long and varied career. Here are 12 of his quotes:

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

Maximilian Schell

Im always happy when Im left alone, but if somebody comes and is nice, then we talk.

Maximilian Schell

To be honest, I don't think I'm an actor. I'm a creator - or try to be.

Maximilian Schell

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

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

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

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

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

Maximilian Schell

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

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