75 Quotes by Roman Polanski

I don’t rehash the past. It’s my baggage. That’s all. I accept things as they are.

I don’t know anyone who is not using drugs for the reason that they’re illegal.

When I really love a movie, I don’t want to spoil it by too frequent visits. But I like to come back to certain films, which I admire.

If I had killed somebody, it wouldn’t have had so much appeal to the press, you see? But f-ing, you see, and the young girls. Judges want to f- young girls. Juries want to f- young girls. Everyone wants to f- young girls!

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

I see Macbeth as a young, open-faced warrior, who is gradually sucked into a whirpool of events because of his ambition. When he meets the weird sisters and hears their prophecy, he’s like the man who hopes to win a million – a gamble for high stakes.

I like skiing, among other things, because I have moments when I am alone in the mountains. That’s fantastic, when there’s nobody around you. You see miles around you, and the sun is almost down .

I simply think there’s life after movies. I have to adhere to this philosophy, and therefore I like other things, and I have other passions. None are as big as movie-making, but they exist.

It’s very important to set your place in a concrete environment. I think Chekhov said that the important thing when you have a play or any kind of novel is to set the roots in a concrete place.