The Fifth Act Quotes

“You never know when I'm lying. So it would be more practical to believe what I say
-Pauline in "In the Presence of a Clown”
― Ingmar Bergman, The Fifth Act

“I make my films, Charlie. I do my lighting, place my camera angles and I tell the actors to walk this way and do this, and there you're supposed to cry and there you're in a rage, and we keep on doing it and keep it up like the very devil and we never give up. And then the audience sits there one evening, and if we're lucky they'll cry where we decided they would cry and laugh when we want them to - right. You know all that. That is the whole mystery, Charlie"
- Georg Af Klercker in Ingmar Bergman's play "The Last Scream”
― Ingmar Bergman, The Fifth Act