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.

Quote by Roman Polanski

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Cinema should make you forget you are sitting in a theater.

Cinema should make you forget you are sitting in a theater.

I want people to go to the movies. I am the man of the spectacle....

I want people to go to the movies. I am the man of the spectacle....

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

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

Whenever I get happy, I always have a terrible feeling.

Whenever I get happy, I always have a terrible feeling.

I did not have a reputation to defend.

I did not have a reputation to defend.

Normal love isn't interesting. I assure you that it's incredibly boring.

Normal love isn't interesting. I assure you that it's incredibly boring.

In Paris, one is always reminded of being a foreigner. If you park your car...

In Paris, one is always reminded of being a foreigner. If you park your car...

I can only say that whatever my life and work have been, I'm not envious...

I can only say that whatever my life and work have been, I'm not envious...

If you have a great passion it seems that the logical thing is to see...

If you have a great passion it seems that the logical thing is to see...

You have to show violence the way it is. If you don't show it realistically,...

You have to show violence the way it is. If you don't show it realistically,...

I still had some honor... I still have some now.

I still had some honor... I still have some now.

I never made a film which fully satisfied me.

I never made a film which fully satisfied me.

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

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

I don't really know what is shocking. When you tell the story of a man...

I don't really know what is shocking. When you tell the story of a man...

I want people to go to the movies. I am the man of the spectacle....

I want people to go to the movies. I am the man of the spectacle....

The words Kiss Kiss Bang Bang which I saw on an Italian movie poster, are...

The words Kiss Kiss Bang Bang which I saw on an Italian movie poster, are...

The movie medium will eventually take its place as art because there is no other...

The movie medium will eventually take its place as art because there is no other...

If you have to have a job in this world, a high-priced movie star is...

If you have to have a job in this world, a high-priced movie star is...

I'm just one of those people that if I sit down to watch a horror...

I'm just one of those people that if I sit down to watch a horror...

What troubles me is not that movie stars run for office, but that they find...

What troubles me is not that movie stars run for office, but that they find...