Mes vaidiname daug vaidmenų. Kai kuriuos šiaip, dėl smagumo, kitus dėl to, kad kitiems taip norisi. O dažniausiai - kad apgintume save. - Ingmar Bergman

Death: Do you never stop questioning?
Antonius Block: No. I never stop.

When film is not a document, it is dream. That is why Tarkovsky is the greatest of them all. He moves with such naturalness in the room of dreams. He doesn't explain. What should he explain anyhow? He is a spectator, capable of staging his visions in the most unwieldy but, in a way, the most willing of media. All my life I have hammered on the doors of the rooms in which he moves so naturally. Only a few times have I managed to creep inside. Most of my conscious efforts have ended in embarrassing failure...

Helena Ekdahl, the famous actress – who was brought to Uppsala by her rich, young husband – who bought a theatre for her – and allowed her to play in it until he decided it was time to start a family.