Roman Polanski Quotes

"I want people to go to the movies. I am the man of the spectacle. I'm playing."
- Roman Polanski
(Related: Movies, People, Man, Want)

"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."
- Roman Polanski
(Related: People, Violence)

"Whenever I get happy, I always have a terrible feeling."
- Roman Polanski
(Related: Feeling)

"Normal love isn't interesting. I assure you that it's incredibly boring."
- Roman Polanski
(Related: Love)

"My films are the expression of momentary desires. I follow my instincts, but in a disciplined way."
- Roman Polanski
(Related: Expression)

"I still had some honor... I still have some now."
- Roman Polanski
(Related: Honor, Now)

"Cinema should make you forget you are sitting in a theater."
- Roman Polanski
(Related: Cinema, Forget, Theater)

"I never made a film which fully satisfied me."
- Roman Polanski
(Related: Film)

"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."
- Roman Polanski
(Related: Man)

"I did not have a reputation to defend."
- Roman Polanski
(Related: Reputation)

"I can only say that whatever my life and work have been, I'm not envious of anyone-and this is my biggest satisfaction."
- Roman Polanski
(Related: Life, Work, 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."
- Roman Polanski
(Related: Car, Being, Fact, Paris, Wrong)