When making a film, I'm never concerned about whether the theme is new or whether it's been done before in cinema or… — 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… — 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… — 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
It's more enjoyable to shoot in a studio on a single location with two actors... if they are good. — 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 be able to control things and that's very difficult to do if you're not 100% in a particular language.… — 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
I've never let producers tell me what to do. Even when I was making television, I always did what I wanted to… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
If I'm reading a book that doesn't leave me with questions, moving questions, that I feel confronted with, then for me it's… — 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
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
Even the most elitist director or author who claims that he doesn't care if his works are seen or not, then I… — 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
If you go with the principle, you should go with the principle. If I really saw the subject very differently than ten… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
The smaller and younger kids are, the more patient you have to be. But if they're gifted, then it's a wonderful present… — 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
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
