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Never formally trained in the profession, Josephson says he learned by working with Bergman and others. But because he never went to acting school, he believes that "my technique has never been thoroughly good...
Those who have seen him perform might disagree. His performance in Bergman's Scenes from a Marriage and Cries and Whispers and in Tarkovsky's Nostalgia and The Sacrifice have won Josephson universal acclaim in Europe and the United States. And those who have seen him perform in Peter Brook's production of The Cherry Orchard--his American stage debut--know that he is equally powerful on the stage...
...fact, though Josephson is best known for his film acting, he says he never intended to go into films. "I am mainly a stage actor," Josephson says, adding that he was initially reluctant to do films because he thought he would have to forget technique. He says he never realized how fulfilling film could be until he experienced a sort of epiphany while shooting Cries and Whispers. At that moment, he got "a deep, sensual, personal contact with the camera...
Much of the credit, according to Josephson goes to Sven Nykvist, a cinematographer whom the actor credits with having a living relationship with the camera. And, says Josephson, when Bergman realized what had happened, the director grew inspired, tailoring his script to bring out the best in Josephson...
...working with Bergman is not always easy, Josephson says, calling the director "very controlling, but in a good way." He remembers one scene in Cries and Whispers in which he is fed an omelette by Liv Ullmann, a member of Bergman's troupe who Josepshson thinks is "a sort of genius...