To the audience it doesn't really matter how much the director struggled with an actor. It's the result that counts.
Roman PolanskiIf you have a great passion it seems that the logical thing is to see the fruit of it, and the fruit are children.
Roman PolanskiIt's very important to set your place in a concrete environment. I think Chekhov said that the important thing when you have a play or any kind of novel is to set the roots in a concrete place.
Roman PolanskiI 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 to get up sometimes at 4:30 in the morning and get into makeup, and wait forever until they call you onto the set.
Roman Polanski