All Michael Haneke Quotes
- All movies assault the viewer in one way or another. All
- As a European filmmaker, you can not make a genre film seriously. You can only make a parody. European
- As a private person, professionally I am invisible. Inspirational
- At its best, film should be like a ski jump. It should give the viewer the option of taking flight, while the act of jumping… Act
- Drama lives on conflict. If you're trying to deal with social issues seriously, there's no way of avoiding violence, which is so present in society. Avoiding
- I consider all my films experiments. All
- I try to get closer to reality, to get close to the contradictions. The cinema world can be a real world rather than a dream… Cinema
- I'm far more relaxed with German. I'm a control freak. I like to know exactly who's saying and doing what. Control
- It's a disease of critics that once they've labeled someone, it's very hard to change their perspective. It's laziness. Change
- It's harder to write a story with just two people in a room than with 50 characters. Character
- Of course, we avoid death. To know something is inevitable is one thing. To accept, to truly feel it... that's different. Accept
- On the set I make jokes I can't get too involved, or it turns into sentimental soup. I try to keep it light. Into
- Usually music is used to hide a film's problems. Film
- What I like are films that take me seriously, that don't treat me as more stupid than I am. Film
- And I don't believe that children are innocent. In fact, no one seriously believes that. Just go to a playground and watch the kids playing… Believe
- Awards are important for all directors because they improve your working conditions. You're only as good as your last film, so if you get prizes… All
- Because I'm the author of my screenplays I know what I'm looking for. It's true that I can be stubborn in demanding that I get… Author
- I give the spectator the possibility of participating. The audience completes the film by thinking about it; those who watch must not be just consumers… Audience
- I make my films because I'm affected by a situation, by something that makes me want to reflect on it, that lends itself to an… Affected
- I'm not someone who enjoys long talks, long rehearsals. I'm very technical: I tell my actors, you come in, you sit down, you pick up… Actor