Michael Haneke Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“My mother as a young girl went out with a young SS officer and she didn't really know what was going on - she just liked the uniform. When he told her about the things that he did, she was disgusted and broke up with him.”

“Personally, I can't stand violence. In any standard American mainstream movie, there's 20 times more violence than in any one of my films, so I don't know why those directors aren't asked why they're such specialists for violence.”

“'Funny Games' was conceived as a provocation. My other films are different. If people feel my other films are, or respond to them as provocation, then that's quite different. 'Funny Games' is the only one of mine where my intention was to provoke the audience.”

“What we're doing for another person is more important than what we're feeling for them.”

“I'm far more relaxed with German. I'm a control freak. I like to know exactly who's saying and doing what.”

“What I like are films that take me seriously, that don't treat me as more stupid than I am.”

“It's harder to write a story with just two people in a room than with 50 characters.”

“As a private person, professionally I am invisible.”

“I consider all my films experiments.”

“Of course, we avoid death. To know something is inevitable is one thing. To accept, to truly feel it... that's different.”