If I had killed somebody, it wouldn't have had so much appeal to the press, you see? But f-ing, you see, and the young girls. Judges want to f- young girls. Juries want to f- young girls. Everyone wants to f- young girls!

Some experience is helpful. "The Pianist" was a film that I could make with my eyes closed because I had lived it and everything was still alive in me.

I did not have a reputation to defend.

If I had killed somebody, it wouldn't have had so much appeal to the press, you see? But f-ing, you see, and the young girls. Judges want to f- young girls. Juries want to f- young girls. Everyone wants to f- young girls!

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 never made a film which fully satisfied me.

I don't rehash the past. It's my baggage. That's all. I accept things as they are.