"I never made a film which fully satisfied me."

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"I'm more likely to lose my temper on a film set than almost anywhere. Often the level of idiocy is so exalted that it's impossible to comprehend."

"Sometimes it's difficult directing yourself on film because you can't quite separate yourself from the subject."

"There's no point in making a film out of a great book. The book's already great. What's the point?"

"I also paint, draw and I'm into film and photography as well, and the same thing applies to all of them. You're presenting this material to the general public and hoping that they're going to 'get' what you're doing. Some don't, some do."

"I can't do a film if I don't start with the writing."

"If you don't generate tension in the film to begin with... you can't really make a purse out of a sow's ear, you know."

"In any film there's always a historical implication."

"But for me, really, the written word is always stronger than film."

"I see Igby as my first movie as an adult, and it's a big deal for me because I really, really like the film."

"I got five kids, and my oldest is a documentary film maker and camera man, and still photographer."

Explore more quotes by Roman Polanski

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

"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."

"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."

"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."

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"I did not have a reputation to defend."

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