Quotes from 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.

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.

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.

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

Whenever I get happy, I always have a terrible feeling.

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.

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

I never made a film which fully satisfied me.

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

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.

Cinema should make you forget you are sitting in a theater

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

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

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.

I did not have a reputation to defend.

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.

Every failure made me more confident. Because I wanted even more to achieve things, as revenge. To show that I could.

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.

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

Cinema should make you forget you are sitting in the theater.

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

The best films are because of nobody but the director.

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