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 ….

Some experience is helpful. "The Pianist" was a film that I could make with my eyes closed because I had lived it and everything was still alive in m….

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….

I don't think that there would be more users if drugs were legalized..

Happy endings make me puke..

The whole showmanship is NOT to answer every question..

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'….

I can only say that whatever my life and work have been, I'm not envious of anyone - and this is my biggest satisfaction..

I would love to make a film about aging that would take place before the war. It would follow the stages in the life of a woman who would not have at….

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

With each film, i need an artistic challenge so I don't get bored! I like to tackle challenges..

Why did Erich von Stronheim leave Germany? Why did Hitchcock leave England? If you were a director you'd like to work in Hollywood too. Now go ahead ….

The torches ran off, and I found myself in a forest, at night, without any light, on skis, and that was not fun - particularly because I was drunk. L….

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….

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….

It's easy to direct while acting - there's one less person to argue with..

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..