My films are the expression of momentary desires. I follow my instincts, but in a disciplined way. - Roman Polanski

I don't know that you can speak of shock … Nothing is too shocking for me. 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's like telling a dirty joke and leaving out the punch line.

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