Liv Ullmann

Birthday: 16 December 1938, Tokyo, Japan

Birth Name: Liv Johanne Ullmann

Height: 170 cm

Liv Ullmann's father was a Norwegian engineer who used to work abroad, so as a child she lived in Tokyo, Canada, New York and Oslo. In the mid-'50s she made her stage debut and in 1957 made ...Show More

On solitude: Sometimes it is less hard to wake up feeling lonely when you are alone than wake up fee Show more On solitude: Sometimes it is less hard to wake up feeling lonely when you are alone than wake up feeling lonely when you are with someone. Hide

[on working as a director] I've worked with more bad directors than good directors, and you learn by Show more [on working as a director] I've worked with more bad directors than good directors, and you learn by the bad ones because you find out how they destroy other peoples' fantasy life. Hide

On growth: Is this not where life's possibilities lie? Not necessarily to arrive, but always to be o Show more On growth: Is this not where life's possibilities lie? Not necessarily to arrive, but always to be on the way, in movement. Hide

[on Ingrid Bergman] If possible, I admired the woman more than the actress. [on Ingrid Bergman] If possible, I admired the woman more than the actress.

On experience: What I have always loved most in men is imperfection. I get moved by the wrinkles on Show more On experience: What I have always loved most in men is imperfection. I get moved by the wrinkles on the throat of a man. It makes me love him more. I think it is sad that more women don't take the chance that maybe men will be moved by seeing the chin a little less firm than it used to be, that a man will be more in love with his wife because he remembers who she was and sees who she is and thinks, God, isn't that lovely that this happened to her. And be moved by life telling its story there. Hide

The older one gets in this profession, the more people there are with whom one would never work agai Show more The older one gets in this profession, the more people there are with whom one would never work again. Hide

[on her frequent co-star, Max von Sydow] He is a friend I love dearly as perhaps you can only love s Show more [on her frequent co-star, Max von Sydow] He is a friend I love dearly as perhaps you can only love someone you have worked with and known personally. It is a double relationship mixed into one. We haven't worked together for several years and I miss that very much. Hide

I sometimes try to avoid conflict, so I agree instead of saying no. I sometimes try to avoid conflict, so I agree instead of saying no.

Quick cuts and camera angles - they think that's film. That is not film. Film is to show people and Show more Quick cuts and camera angles - they think that's film. That is not film. Film is to show people and life, and to make you know more about life than when you went in. It's not this cut, cut, cut, kill, kill, kill, sex, sex, sex... Hide

Liv Ullmann's FILMOGRAPHY

All as Actor (25) as Director (1) as Creator (1)

Miss Julie

Liv Ullmann'S roles

Elisabeth Vogler