Whenever I get happy, I always have a terrible feeling.

The whole showmanship is NOT to answer every question.

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.

Normal love isn't interesting. I assure you that it's incredibly boring.

I simply think there's life after movies. I have to adhere to this philosophy, and therefore I like other things, and I have other passions. None are as big as movie-making, but they exist.

I consider myself more a craftsman than an artist.

I did not have a reputation to defend.