- persona and character in bergman film -

"Then I felt that every inflection of my voice, every word in my mouth, was a lie, a play whose sole purpose was to cover emptiness and boredom. There was only one way I could avoid a state of despair and a breakdown. To be silent. And to reach behind the silence for clarity or at least try to collect the resources that might still be available to me.'" (from Bergman script)

Drama of an actor who decides to stop acting and find his/her real personality is nothing else but pure horror of self...