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
As far as those events are concerned, I would not even start to justify myself.... What I did was wrong and I don't see why I should go back to this for the purposes of this trial.... I made one mistake, and I am still suffering for that.
Human life is just a given series, an endless series of such moments,
There's no other place in the world where ... we could build a 19th-century London and shoot in it for months.
the worst thing ever written about me. It is obvious that it's not true. I don't think you could find a man who could behave in such a way. But I think it was particularly hurtful as it dishonors my memory of Sharon.
to walk for kilometers without socks in boots with bloody feet.
They see me working ... but the result of my work escaped them,
I had to go through it, ... I never had a doubt that I would win. Because the truth always wins, sooner or later.
It's just ... I don't want to talk about it,
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 and ask me if I'm still Polish. You people keep asking me this question. You want Polish artists to make it in the world, but when they do, you accuse them of treason.
I did not have a reputation to defend.
Normal love isn't interesting. I assure you that it's incredibly boring.
I know that atmosphere of the Parisian apartment building, with the twin menaces of the concierge on the ground floor and the landlord upstairs.
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 still had some honor... I still have some now.