Polanski Films Quotes & Sayings

I'm hooked on Polanski's films, his psychological thrillers. I love 'Rosemary's Baby,' I love 'Repulsion.' — Vera Farmiga

They want me to contain the raging fires within me. They need me to appreciate glowing embers, to understand that even weak flames need to be managed with a lot of careful planning. — Jinat Rehana Begum

The genome of every human cell has memory. You know what that means? As evolved beings we have in our genes memories of the far past, of long-ago generations, memories of experiences not our own. — E.L. Doctorow

My films are the expression of momentary desires. I follow my instincts, but in a disciplined way. — Roman Polanski

Roman Polanski is a man who cares deeply about his art and its place in this world. What happened to him on his incredible path is filled with tragedy, and most men would have collapsed. Instead, he became a great artist and continues to make great films. — Harvey Weinstein

The parents of rich kids tended to be more patriotic because they had more to lose if the country went under. — Charles Bukowski

He [Jesus] did not say, 'You will never have a rough passage, you will never be over-strained, you will never feel uncomfortable,' but he did say, 'You will never be overcome. — Julian Of Norwich

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

I'd never imagined myself writing at all until I was almost 30. And horror films weren't to my taste, at least the super popular (slasher-y) ones of the day back then. The first novel I ever loved as a kid was Frankenstein, and I was always a crazy Hitchcock and Polanski fan ... but I never saw myself - a square spazzy girl from the suburbs - writing anything that would horrify anyone. Or so I thought ... — Karen Walton

A man possesses talent; genius possesses the man. — Isaac Stern

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

I may have the genetic coding that Im inclined to be an alcoholic, but I have the desire not to do that, and I look at the homosexual issue the same way. — Rick Perry

I don't believe in hasty marriages. — Anna Held

Make your "yes" mean yes, and your "no" mean no. — John Wooden