You have to show violence the way it is. If you do not show it realistically, then that is immoral and harmful. If you do not upset people, then that is obscenity.- Roman Polanski
Whenever I get happy, I always have a terrible feeling.
Normal love is not interesting. I assure you that it's incredibly boring.
My films are the expression of momentary desires. I follow my instincts, but in a disciplined way.
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.
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 want people to go to the movies. I am the man of the spectacle. I am playing.
I still had some honor... I still have some now.
I never made a film which fully satisfied me.
I do not 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 do not, it's like telling a dirty joke and leaving out the punch line.
I did not have a reputation to defend.
I can only say that whatever my life and work have been, I am not envious of anyone-and this is my biggest satisfaction.
Cinema should make you forget you are sitting in a theater.
