Polanski Roman Quotes & Sayings

It's very important to set your place in a concrete environment. I think Chekhov said that the important thing when you have a play or any kind of novel is to set the roots in a concrete place. — Roman Polanski

I think if Roman Polanski had asked me to do the phone book, I would have said, 'Yes.' — Pierce Brosnan

Cinema should make you forget you are sitting in a theater. — Roman Polanski

Quite often I reflect on the big house in Hollywood, on 'Midnight Confessions and on Ramon Novarro and on the fact that Roman Polanski and I are godparents to the same child, but writing has not yet helped me to see what it means. — Joan Didion

Every failure made me more confident. Because I wanted even more to achieve as revenge, to show that I could. — Roman Polanski

I see Macbeth as a young, open-faced warrior, who is gradually sucked into a whirpool of events because of his ambition. When he meets the weird sisters and hears their prophecy, he's like the man who hopes to win a million - a gamble for high stakes. — Roman Polanski

Happy endings make me puke. — Roman Polanski

Someone like Roman Polanski comes with a lifetime of achievement, cinematically. — Pierce Brosnan

If I had killed somebody, it wouldn't have had so much appeal to the press, you see? But f-ing, you see, and the young girls. Judges want to f- young girls. Juries want to f- young girls. Everyone wants to f- young girls! — Roman Polanski

I know that atmosphere of the Parisian apartment building, with the twin menaces of the concierge on the ground floor and the landlord upstairs. — Roman Polanski

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

I was at a party three weeks prior to the murders at Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate's house. — Nancy Sinatra

Whenever I get happy, I always have a terrible feeling. — Roman Polanski

It's easy to direct while acting; there's one less person to argue with. — Roman Polanski

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

I don't think that there would be more users if drugs were legalized. — Roman Polanski

Do I have a small movie in me? Yeah, probably, when I'm 60. But I'm not Hal Ashby, I'm not Roman Polanski. I'm true to myself. Whether you like it or not. — Brett Ratner

To the audience it doesn't really matter how much the director struggled with an actor. It's the result that counts. — Roman Polanski

If you have a great passion it seems that the logical thing is to see the fruit of it, and the fruit are children. — Roman Polanski

The whole showmanship is NOT to answer every question. — Roman Polanski

I simply think there's life after movies. I have to adhere to this philosophy, and therefore I like other things, and I have other passions. None are as big as movie-making, but they exist. — Roman Polanski

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

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

I did not have a reputation to defend. — Roman Polanski

Why did Erich von Stronheim leave Germany? Why did Hitchcock leave England? If you were a director you'd like to work in Hollywood too. Now go ahead and ask me if I'm still Polish. You people keep asking me this question. You want Polish artists to make it in the world, but when they do, you accuse them of treason. — Roman Polanski

Normal love isn't interesting. I assure you that it's incredibly boring. — Roman Polanski

Roman Polanski is one of my favorite filmmakers, and John Phillips one of my favorite songwriters. I had the honor to meet each of these men and was almost giddy to be blessed with the chance to tell each artist what his work meant has to me. — Allison Anders

I still had some honor ... I still have some now. — Roman Polanski

I like skiing, among other things, because I have moments when I am alone in the mountains. That's fantastic, when there's nobody around you. You see miles around you, and the sun is almost down . — Roman Polanski

I don't know anyone who is not using drugs for the reason that they're illegal. — Roman Polanski

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

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

I can only say that whatever my life and work have been, I'm not envious of anyone-and this is my biggest satisfaction. — 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

That's one of the difficult things of being an actor that I'm still not used to. You have to go, you have to show up at these places where you know nobody, and sometimes with really impressive, high stakes people like Roman Polanski. — John C. Reilly

I admire actors for their infinite patience. That's why they need all those trailers and all their crowd of people who pamper them. But it is a drag to get up sometimes at 4:30 in the morning and get into makeup, and wait forever until they call you onto the set. — Roman Polanski

I don't like the slasher stuff, myself, but I do like the psychological horror of Roman Polanski and that world. But, it's curious to me why people do like to be afraid. — Dylan McDermott

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. — Roman Polanski

I don't rehash the past. It's my baggage. That's all. I accept things as they are. — Roman Polanski

I consider myself more a craftsman than an artist. — Roman Polanski

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. — Roman Polanski

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. — Roman Polanski

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

I would rather live in a country where children are protected and their predators prosecuted, and even (which in Hollywood is evidently not always the same thing) disapproved of. — Roman Polanski

The torches ran off, and I found myself in a forest, at night, without any light, on skis, and that was not fun - particularly because I was drunk. Luckily at some point I started to see the light of the ski lift. To be in the forest in the middle of the night, it's terrible. — Roman Polanski

When I got the invitation to be part of 'The Ghost' or 'The Ghost Writer,' as it's now known, from Mr. Roman Polanski, my interest level was very piqued. I was very excited and pleased to get such an offer from Mr. Roman Polanski. — Pierce Brosnan

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

While liberals appeared to be safely in power, feminists could perhaps afford the luxury of defining Larry Flynt or Roman Polanski as Enemy Number One. Now that we have to cope with Jerry Falwell and Jesse Helms, a rethinking of priorities seems in order. — Ellen Willis

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 want people to go to the movies. I am the man of the spectacle. I'm playing. — Roman Polanski