- Director | August 18, 1933 -
Cinema should make you forget you are sitting in a theater.
Roman Polanski
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I don't really know what is shocking. When you tell the story of a man who is beheaded, you have to show how they cut off his head. If you don't, it's like telling a dirty joke and leaving out the punch line.
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Whenever I get happy, I always have a terrible feeling.
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You have to show violence the way it is. If you don't show it realistically, then that's immoral and harmful. If you don't upset people, then that's obscenity.
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I can only say that whatever my life and work have been, I'm not envious of anyone-and this is my biggest satisfaction.
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I never made a film which fully satisfied me.
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In Paris, one is always reminded of being a foreigner. If you park your car wrong, it is not the fact that it's on the sidewalk that matters, but the fact that you speak with an accent.
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My films are the expression of momentary desires. I follow my instincts, but in a disciplined way.
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I still had some honor... I still have some now.
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If you have a great passion it seems that the logical thing is to see the fruit of it, and the fruit are children.
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I want people to go to the movies. I am the man of the spectacle. I'm playing.
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Normal love isn't interesting. I assure you that it's incredibly boring.
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