Polanski Film Quotes & Sayings

[on Springsteen's "Stolen Car":] A kind of mystical film noir, written by Kafka and shot by Polanski. — Adam Sweeting

No one has ever made me feel like this, no one. So much regret, so much loss, and so much desire all swirled together in my muddled brain. In my muddled heart. — Melissa Brown

I never made a film which fully satisfied me. — Roman Polanski

Polanski's 'Chinatown' is a film that I have purposefully and consciously imitated, but 'Vertigo' is one that has got into my bloodstream. Every time I reappraise things that I've done, the influence is there, time and time again. — Allen Coulter

The unknowns wasn't full of terrors, it was full of undiscovered advantages. Better to run toward something than from something. — Rachel Caine

It's hard work just being on set 14 hours a day. — Luke Evans

What are you talking about, Sin? You don't want anyone to own you ... Or your heart?' She laughed bitterly, and entered the Harrowgate. 'I don't have a heart for anyone to take. — Larissa Ione

Some experience is helpful. "The Pianist" was a film that I could make with my eyes closed because I had lived it and everything was still alive in me. — Roman Polanski

Actors are hard to photograph because they never want to reveal who they are. You don't know if you're getting a character from a Chekhov play or a Polanski film. It depends what mood they're in. — David Bailey

I remember when I took Quentin Tarantino with me to a very private screening of the documentary 'Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired,' which shows some of the legal irregularities of his case. I was involved by the film, and it was an amazing experience to see people weep at the end of it. — Harvey Weinstein

When I really love a movie, I don't want to spoil it by too frequent visits. But I like to come back to certain films, which I admire. — Roman Polanski

It was liberating to do comedy. It felt like playing in a jazz band. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

The most characteristic mark of a great mind is to choose some one important object, and pursue it for life. — Anna Letitia Barbauld

I would love to make a film about aging that would take place before the war. It would follow the stages in the life of a woman who would not have at her disposal the resources of today like cosmetic surgery, creams and pills. — Roman Polanski

I sometimes cry in the moments that are not necessarily dramatic or tragic in the films, often because of the music. I wonder whether it's the music that has that effect on you in this film. — Roman Polanski

The best films are because of nobody but the director. — Roman Polanski

With each film, i need an artistic challenge so I don't get bored! I like to tackle challenges. — Roman Polanski

We are entering an era of heightened disaster, thanks to climate change. Being prepared for disaster will mean being prepared to sift truth from rumour, and being prepared to adjust our worldview. — Rebecca Solnit

The fact is, being married to your job for some portion or all of your life, even if it does in some way inhibit romantic prospects, is not necessarily a terrible fate, provided that you are lucky enough to enjoy your work, or the money you earn at it, or the respect it garners you, or the people you do it with. Earning, — Rebecca Traister