Roman Polanski
Roman Polanski
Rajmund Roman Thierry Polański, known professionally as Roman Polanski, is a 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 Polandin 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...
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth18 August 1933
CityParis, France
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 never made a film which fully satisfied me.
Whenever I get happy, I always have a terrible feeling.
Happy endings make me puke.
The best films are because of nobody but the director.
I sometimes cry in the moments that are not necessarily dramatic or tragic in the films, often because of the music. I wonder whether it's the music that has that effect on you in this film.
I don't rehash the past. It's my baggage. That's all. I accept things as they are.
Every failure made me more confident. Because I wanted even more to achieve as revenge, to show that I could.
The whole showmanship is NOT to answer every question.
Cinema should make you forget you are sitting in a theater.
A lot has changed for me. My life has improved. It's not only children, but the relationship with my wife is the best thing that ever happened to me.