Quotes of: Roman-polanski Keyword

I was always a bit arty-farty as a boy. 'Come on, Mr. Arty-Farty,' my sister used to say to me.

Nicolas Roeg

Too many films today feel formulaic and familiar. I prefer it when the familiar is made to feel strange.

Nicolas Roeg

A fat stomach sticks out too far. It prevents you from looking down and seeing what is going on around you.

Norman Reilly Raine

The difficulty with telling stories about real people is you have to find a way of mixing yourself into the matter.

Olivier Dahan

I like David Lynch; I like Stanley Kubrick. I'm a big fan of Kubrick.

Olivier Megaton

No matter how many times you do it, you don't get used to the sadness - for me at least - of coming to the end of a film.

Paul Thomas Anderson

I had never read Upton Sinclair. I didn't read 'The Jungle' in high school or anything like that. But it's pretty terrific writing.

Paul Thomas Anderson

I wasn't hanging around the movie theaters in New York where I grew up, a Manhattan brat.

Peter Bart

It really hasn't been demonstrated at any level by any major corporation that it can nurture what is euphemistically called creativity.

Peter Bart

Most movie-goers are overdosing on star coverage; it's the ultimate example of too much information.

Peter Bart

Sharks don't target human beings, and they certainly don't hold grudges.

Peter Benchley

It's hard to care deeply for something that might turn on you and eat you.

Peter Benchley

I think if Roman Polanski had asked me to do the phone book, I would have said, 'Yes.'

Pierce Brosnan

I am sure I am one of 2,000 film directors in the world that Tarantino admires.

Park Chan-wook

I do like musical films more than big Hollywood films, especially those by Jacques Demi and Vincent Minelli.

Park Chan-wook

People who really try to be conscious of what they have done, who take responsibility, to me these kinds of people are heroes.

Park Chan-wook

In Canada, we have so much land, so much space, and so few people.

Philippe Falardeau

Are you motivated? Are you coherent? Is your intention aligned? Are your feet, tongue, heart and wallet congruent? That intention shines through.

Peter Guber

I try not to think of actors as I'm writing because I think you do them a disservice by writing for things they've already done.

Paul Haggis

'Taxi Driver' wasn't autobiographical in terms of the actual events, but I did draw on my own mental state.

Paul Schrader

It is one thing to photograph people. It is another to make others care about them by revealing the core of their humanness.

Paul Strand