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> [“There are those who see film and take it seriously as an artistic medium, and others who go to have a good time, to simply be entertained. I have to be careful , because it sounds like I am condemning,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-haneke/there-are-those-who-see-film-and-take-it-seriously-as-an-artistic/)

[Michael Haneke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-haneke/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78a/michael-haneke-3712_art_there-are-those-who-see-film-and-take-it_110303.jpg)

## More by Michael Haneke

> [The trouble is that when you read criticisms about the other films that I've made you get the impression that they're all about themes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-haneke/the-trouble-is-that-when-you-read-criticisms-about-the-other-films/)

[Michael Haneke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-haneke/)

> [What we're doing for another person is more important than what we're feeling for them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-haneke/what-we-re-doing-for-another-person-is-more-important-than-what-we-re/)

[Michael Haneke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-haneke/)

> [In terms of cinema and filmmaking, there are certainly the unexpected gifts that the actors bestow on you. Film is always a question of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-haneke/in-terms-of-cinema-and-filmmaking-there-are-certainly-the-unexpected/)

[Michael Haneke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-haneke/)

> [A strict form such as mine cannot be achieved through improvisation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-haneke/a-strict-form-such-as-mine-cannot-be-achieved-through-improvisation/)

[Michael Haneke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-haneke/)

> [To decide to film a movie again shot by shot, you must be masochistic to a certain degree because it is a much greater…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-haneke/to-decide-to-film-a-movie-again-shot-by-shot-you-must-be-masochistic/)

[Michael Haneke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-haneke/)

> [“There are those who see film and take it seriously as an artistic medium, and others who go to have a good time, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-haneke/there-are-those-who-see-film-and-take-it-seriously-as-an-artistic/)

[Michael Haneke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-haneke/)

> [When making a film, I'm never concerned about whether the theme is new or whether it's been done before in cinema or not. I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-haneke/when-making-a-film-i-m-never-concerned-about-whether-the-theme-is-new/)

[Michael Haneke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-haneke/)

> [It's difficult because you can't generalise about these things. But in essence, you deal with children as simply as you deal with actors -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-haneke/it-s-difficult-because-you-can-t-generalise-about-these-things-but-in/)

[Michael Haneke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-haneke/)

> [Well, the first thing I had to do was to read a lot. First of all, about education... and looking at education from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-haneke/well-the-first-thing-i-had-to-do-was-to-read-a-lot-first-of-all-about/)

[Michael Haneke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-haneke/)

> [Of course I am a child of European culture. There are a number of great directors from which I learned, but there is nobody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-haneke/of-course-i-am-a-child-of-european-culture-there-are-a-number-of/)

[Michael Haneke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-haneke/)

> [My father and I had a good relationship, it was very relaxed. He had a lot of humour. He looked a little bit like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-haneke/my-father-and-i-had-a-good-relationship-it-was-very-relaxed-he-had-a/)

[Michael Haneke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-haneke/)

> [If I tell the audience what they should think, then I am robbing them of their own imagination and their own capacity of deciding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-haneke/if-i-tell-the-audience-what-they-should-think-then-i-am-robbing-them/)

[Michael Haneke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-haneke/)

> [You become a film critic because you're interested in film. I don't know whether knowing so much about cinema leads you to make better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-haneke/you-become-a-film-critic-because-you-re-interested-in-film-i-don-t/)

[Michael Haneke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-haneke/)

> [I think it's a little simplistic to explain a work through the psychology of its author. In other words, that Haneke has emotional problems,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-haneke/i-think-it-s-a-little-simplistic-to-explain-a-work-through-the/)

[Michael Haneke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-haneke/)

> [When I first envisioned 'Funny Games' in the mid-1990s, it was my intention to have an American audience watch the movie. It is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-haneke/when-i-first-envisioned-funny-games-in-the-mid-1990s-it-was-my/)

[Michael Haneke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-haneke/)

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