Roman Polanski Quotes

Roman Polanski — Director born on August 18, 1933,

Roman Polanski is a Paris-born Pole and, since 1976, naturalized French-Polish film director, producer, writer, and actor. Having made films in Poland, the United Kingdom, France and the United States, he is considered one of the few "truly international filmmakers." Born in Paris to Polish parents, he moved with his family back to Poland in 1937, shortly before the outbreak of World War II. He survived the Holocaust, was educated in Poland, and became a director of both art house and commercial films... (wikipedia)

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

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.

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.

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

Roman Polanski Quotes

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