What I like are films that take me seriously, that don't treat me as more stupid than I am. — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
Film is 24 lies per second at the service of truth, or at the service of the attempt to find the truth. — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
Like every filmmaker, I make my films to reach the widest audience possible. — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
At its best, film should be like a ski jump. It should give the viewer the option of taking flight, while the… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
As a European filmmaker, you can not make a genre film seriously. You can only make a parody. — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
It became a gamble to myself whether I was able to do the exact same film ["Funny Games"]under very different circumstances. — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
I try to get closer to reality, to get close to the contradictions. The cinema world can be a real world rather… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
To decide to film a movie again shot by shot, you must be masochistic to a certain degree because it is a… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
I think it's a little simplistic to explain a work through the psychology of its author. In other words, that Haneke has… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
You become a film critic because you're interested in film. I don't know whether knowing so much about cinema leads you to… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
In my film "Benny's Video," I depicted violence but I failed to say all that I had to say, so I wanted… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
Mainstream cinema raises questions only to immediately provide an answer to them, so they can send the spectator home reassured. If we… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
For me, it's always difficult when a historical film claims to depict or represent a reality that none of us can know,… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
You'll see more violence in any television crime series than you will in my films... Art is there to have a stimulating… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
If you do an original film and you want to cut a scene out you do it. But when you do a… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
I want to make it clear: it's not that I hate mainstream cinema. It's perfectly fine. There are a lot of people… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
I learned my business in the theater and in television, particularly working with the actors. You can learn much more in the… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
Film is the manipulative medium par excellence. When you think back on the history of film and the 20th century, you see… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
It could be Fascist, religious or political - it's always the same model that operates in these circumstances, and it's that which… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
The film [the white Ribbon] does try to use German Fascism as an example, but not specifically Fascism... the results of German… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
I think that what's important as a director is to give your actors the feeling that they're protected, the feeling of confidence,… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
If a director says he doesn't care how many people see his films at all, I simply don't believe him. Otherwise why… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
In general, in all my films, I choose to create a certain mistrust, rather than claiming that what I'm showing onscreen is… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
Usually, when making a film, the surprises are negative surprises. You don't get what you wanted or what you hoped for. The… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
And if there was one title that could be applied to all my films, it would be 'Civil War' - not civil… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
You cannot hurt animals, so what do I do? I kill the dog first. Then I do it with the boy. You're… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
Awards are important for all directors because they improve your working conditions. You're only as good as your last film, so if… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
Films that are entertainments give simple answers but I think that's ultimately more cynical, as it denies the viewer room to think.… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
I give the spectator the possibility of participating. The audience completes the film by thinking about it; those who watch must not… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
When my first film 'The Seventh Continent' was presented here 12 years ago, non-Austrian spectators would come up to me and say,… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
Personally, I can't stand violence. In any standard American mainstream movie, there's 20 times more violence than in any one of my… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
In terms of cinema and filmmaking, there are certainly the unexpected gifts that the actors bestow on you. Film is always a… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
I think watching a movie that simply confirms my feelings is a waste of time. That applies not only to movies, but… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
Pornography, it seems to me, is no different from war films or propaganda films in that it tries to make the visceral,… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
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,… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
What we're doing for another person is more important than what we're feeling for them. — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
In terms of cinema and filmmaking, there are certainly the unexpected gifts that the actors bestow on you. Film is always a question of… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
A strict form such as mine cannot be achieved through improvisation. — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
To decide to film a movie again shot by shot, you must be masochistic to a certain degree because it is a much greater… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
“There are those who see film and take it seriously as an artistic medium, and others who go to have a good time, to… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
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… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
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 -… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
Well, the first thing I had to do was to read a lot. First of all, about education... and looking at education from the… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
Of course I am a child of European culture. There are a number of great directors from which I learned, but there is nobody… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
My father and I had a good relationship, it was very relaxed. He had a lot of humour. He looked a little bit like… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
If I tell the audience what they should think, then I am robbing them of their own imagination and their own capacity of deciding… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
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![“You cannot hurt animals, so what do I do? I kill the dog first. Then I do it with the boy. You're not supposed to break the illusion of this being a film, so I make the actor talk to the audience. Provocation is the principle of the whole film [ Funny Games]. It is very ironic.” quote by Michael Haneke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a78/michael-haneke-3712_actors_you-cannot-hurt-animals-so-what-do-i-do_1479959.jpg)
