Roman Polanski
Roman Polanski
Rajmund Roman Thierry Polański, known professionally as Roman Polanski, is a French-Polish film director, producer, writer, and actor. Having made films in Poland, the United Kingdom, France, and the United States, he is considered one of the few "truly international filmmakers". Born in Paris to Polish parents, he moved with his family back to Polandin 1937, shortly before the outbreak of World War II. He survived the Holocaust, was educated in Poland, and became a director of both art house...
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth18 August 1933
CityParis, France
They see me working ... but the result of my work escaped them,
Human life is just a given series, an endless series of such moments,
The best films are because of nobody but the director.
Happy endings make me puke.
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 did not have a reputation to defend.
My films are the expression of momentary desires. I follow my instincts, but in a disciplined way.
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 fact that you speak with an accent.
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 .