About Maximilian Schell:
Maximilian Schell was an Austrian and Swiss film and stage actor, who also wrote, directed and produced some of his own films. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 1961 American film Judgment at Nuremberg, his second acting role in Hollywood. His parents were involved in the arts and he grew up surrounded by acting and literature. While he was a child, his family fled Vienna in 1938 when Austria was annexed by Nazi Germany, and they settled in Zurich, Switzerland. After World War II ended, Schell took up acting or directing full-time. He appeared in numerous German films, often anti-war, before moving on to Hollywood.
I'm always happy when I'm left alone, but if somebody comes and is nice, then we talk.
Maximilian SchellI never played the right roles, or very rarely got the right roles offered, except on stage.
Maximilian SchellI did have fun, for example, in The Black Hole which was very popular among youngsters.
Maximilian SchellMy mother was an actress and a director, as well. And my father was a playwright and poet.
Maximilian SchellI'll never forget Spencer Tracy. He only worked from nine to one - then from three to five again.
Maximilian SchellEverything you do has certain significance, a certain weight. I think there is a film in everyone.
Maximilian Schell