The best films are because of nobody but the director.

- Roman Polanski

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'…

- Roman Polanski

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

- Roman Polanski

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

- Roman Polanski

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 …

- Roman Polanski

I never made a film which fully satisfied me.

- Roman Polanski

Happy endings make me puke.

- Roman Polanski

I admire actors for their infinite patience. That's why they need all those trailers and all their crowd of people who pamper them. But it is a drag …

- Roman Polanski

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 …

- Roman Polanski