When I really love a movie, I don't want to spoil it by too frequent visits. But I like to come back to certain films, which I admire.

I don't know anyone who is not using drugs for the reason that they're illegal.

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.

You have to show violence the way it is. If you don't show it realistically, then that's immoral and harmful. If you don't upset people, then that's obscenity.

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 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.

I never made a film which fully satisfied me.