Roman Polanski

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

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

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

“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.”

“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 o...”

“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.”