Maximilian Schell Quotes


"I just think the word interview, although it is the view between two people exchanged, became a sort of cliche. You ask questions and the other one answers."
- Maximilian Schell
(Related: People, Answers, Questions, Word)

"Well, I did Marlene 15 years ago and that's in the style. It's somehow similar and not similar because Marlene was much more aggressive, funny and sad."
- Maximilian Schell
(Related: Funny, Style, Years)

"We should never forget that Hollywood was built by Europeans, and the old Jewish boys from Eastern Europe."
- Maximilian Schell
(Related: Boys, Europe, Forget, Hollywood, Old)

"The interesting thing is that I found scenes which I put together which could appeal to almost every woman, or apply to almost every woman after the war. Falling in love, dancing, marrying."
- Maximilian Schell
(Related: Love, War, Dancing, Woman)

"Music in this film is a very important part."
- Maximilian Schell
(Related: Music, Film)

"I'm always happy when I'm left alone, but if somebody comes and is nice, then we talk."
- Maximilian Schell
(Related: Talk)

"A conversation goes sometimes into personal things and that's nicer. You look to each other and you have a different picture, you get into a relationship."
- Maximilian Schell
(Related: Conversation)

"I played piano, I learned a lot about music."
- Maximilian Schell
(Related: Music)

"I did have fun, for example, in The Black Hole which was very popular among youngsters."
- Maximilian Schell
(Related: Example, Fun, Popular)

"First love is first love, first marriage is first marriage, disappointment is disappointment."
- Maximilian Schell
(Related: Love, Marriage, Disappointment, First, First love)

"Except here it's more power, more energy, younger and also in Europe it's still not only entertainment. Theater or films are looked at as a moral institution. That's why maybe they're so poetic. Here it's clear entertainment."
- Maximilian Schell
(Related: Power, Energy, Entertainment, Europe, Theater)

"And it's interesting, but I'm always interested in the story behind the story."
- Maximilian Schell
"And in reality, I don't think it's a real documentary. It's more a story of her life. It's a story of survival. It's a story of the time in which she lived. The story of success and failure."
- Maximilian Schell
(Related: Success, Time, Life, Failure, Survival, Reality)

"I never played the right roles, or very rarely got the right roles offered, except on stage."
- Maximilian Schell
(Related: Right)