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Ingrid Bergman interview; ENGLAND: London, ITN: INT CS Ingrid Bergman interview (1 of 2): SOF: - Lead in Q. Why are you so happy? It makes you envious doesn't it? Yes I consider myself very happy, and I've done that may many times in my life. Q. Do you think happiness comes at a certain age to a woman, or do you think it comes with a set of circumstances? I think many people are very happy, but they don't realise it at the time, they always talk of the good old times or something, and I think we should be very grateful for the time that is now, we should realise what we have at this particular moment. Q. What is it that you do have now that makes you happy? I have my children and they are well. I consider good health very important in life, and I have a happy home, and I live where I want to live which is in France and in Sweden, and I have work. Q. Why do you live in France. Oh I like that very much, I don't know when I was very young in Sweden before I went to America, I always dreamt about coming to France to live, I don't know if it was because I was inspired by 'Joan of Arc', and I heard so much about 'La Douce France', but actually it's been the country that I always longed to lived in, and of course it was a long road because I went from Sweden, America, Italy, but finally I came to France. Q. Miss Bergman, you have an advantage over many actresses in that you can speak several languages, do you find there is any particular language you enjoy acting most? English is the easiest, of course. Swedish might be easy too, but I haven't done it for so long, maybe I have an accent by now, but English is almost like my own language. Q. Do you find that the parts that you can play in English are the party you want to play or do you have to look to other languages for parts sometimes. No, no, I don't....I mean they are translatable, I played 'Hedda Gabler' in French for instance. It isn't that I look for a French play to play in Frenc...