Roman Polanski Quotes

• The best films are the best because of no one but the director.

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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 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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• I never made a film which fully satisfied me.

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• Cinema should make you forget you are sitting in a theater.

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• I did not have a reputation to defend.

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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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• 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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• 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 still had some honor… I still have some now.

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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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Roman Polanski (14)

Birth:	18th August, 1933
Nationality:	French, Polish
Profession:	Actor, Director, Producer, Writer

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Roman Polanski is a Polish-French film director, producer, writer and actor. Having made films in Poland, Britain, France and the USA, he is considered one of the few "truly international filmmakers."

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