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Michael Haneke Quote: “As a private person, professionally I am invisible.”

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

— Michael Haneke

Michael Haneke Quote: “There are really two types of laughter on the part of the spectator. There is the laughter of recognition – which means seeing things you’re familiar with and laughing at yourself. But there’s also hysterical laughter – a way of dealing with the things we see that upset us.”

52. “There are really two types of laughter on the part of the spectator. There is the laughter of recognition – which means seeing things you’re familiar with and laughing at yourself. But there’s also hysterical laughter – a way of dealing with the things we see that upset us.”

— Michael Haneke

Michael Haneke Quote: “It’s a disease of critics that once they’ve labeled someone, it’s very hard to change their perspective. It’s laziness.”

53. “It’s a disease of critics that once they’ve labeled someone, it’s very hard to change their perspective. It’s laziness.”

— Michael Haneke

Michael Haneke Quote: “Never say no. It always depends on what’s possible. I don’t care so much where it is; it’s what I want to do that matters.”

54. “Never say no. It always depends on what’s possible. I don’t care so much where it is; it’s what I want to do that matters.”

— Michael Haneke

Michael Haneke Quote: “I’ve never let producers tell me what to do. Even when I was making television, I always did what I wanted to do, and if I couldn’t, I didn’t do it. It was a freedom that, these days, young directors starting out don’t have.”

55. “I’ve never let producers tell me what to do. Even when I was making television, I always did what I wanted to do, and if I couldn’t, I didn’t do it. It was a freedom that, these days, young directors starting out don’t have.”

— Michael Haneke

Michael Haneke Quote: “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 a waste of time. I don’t want to read a book that simply confirms what I already know.”

56. “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 a waste of time. I don’t want to read a book that simply confirms what I already know.”

— Michael Haneke

Michael Haneke Quote: “Like every filmmaker, I make my films to reach the widest audience possible.”

57. “Like every filmmaker, I make my films to reach the widest audience possible.”

— Michael Haneke

Michael Haneke Quote: “I never use soundtrack; it is always part of the story.”

58. “I never use soundtrack; it is always part of the story.”

— Michael Haneke

Michael Haneke Quote: “Of course I am a child of European culture. There are a number of great directors from which I learned, but there is nobody in particular I got inspired from.”

59. “Of course I am a child of European culture. There are a number of great directors from which I learned, but there is nobody in particular I got inspired from.”

— Michael Haneke

Michael Haneke Quote: “It could be Fascist, religious or political – it’s always the same model that operates in these circumstances, and it’s that which is the actuality of this film. Therefore, it’s not specifically an explanation of German Fascism because that would be an impossible thing to do in any case.”

60. “It could be Fascist, religious or political – it’s always the same model that operates in these circumstances, and it’s that which is the actuality of this film. Therefore, it’s not specifically an explanation of German Fascism because that would be an impossible thing to do in any case.”

— Michael Haneke

Michael Haneke Quote: “It’s harder to write a story with just two people in a room than with 50 characters.”

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

— Michael Haneke

Michael Haneke Quote: “I learned my business in the theater and in television, particularly working with the actors. You can learn much more in the theater than directing a movie, because then you have no time when you are shooting a movie to really work with the actors. You have to learn this craft somewhere else.”

62. “I learned my business in the theater and in television, particularly working with the actors. You can learn much more in the theater than directing a movie, because then you have no time when you are shooting a movie to really work with the actors. You have to learn this craft somewhere else.”

— Michael Haneke

Michael Haneke Quote: “I like to write for actors I know and with whom I’ve worked before. You can write to their strengths and weaknesses and write roles that are better suited to them.”

63. “I like to write for actors I know and with whom I’ve worked before. You can write to their strengths and weaknesses and write roles that are better suited to them.”

— Michael Haneke

Michael Haneke Quote: “All movies assault the viewer in one way or another.”

64. “All movies assault the viewer in one way or another.”

— Michael Haneke

Michael Haneke Quote: “In terms of cinema and filmmaking, there are certainly the unexpected gifts that the actors bestow on you. Film is always a question of compromises with respect to what you originally intended.”

65. “In terms of cinema and filmmaking, there are certainly the unexpected gifts that the actors bestow on you. Film is always a question of compromises with respect to what you originally intended.”

— Michael Haneke

Michael Haneke Quote: “To decide to film a movie again shot by shot, you must be masochistic to a certain degree because it is a much greater challenge.”

66. “To decide to film a movie again shot by shot, you must be masochistic to a certain degree because it is a much greater challenge.”

— Michael Haneke

Michael Haneke Quote: “The dumber people are, the more they feel the need for a broad set of shoulders they can lay their head against.”

67. “The dumber people are, the more they feel the need for a broad set of shoulders they can lay their head against.”

— Michael Haneke

Michael Haneke Quote: “I never suffered from the absence of a father. On the contrary, as a child I was more inclined to see men as a disturbing factor. It made things difficult for me when I started working as a director.”

68. “I never suffered from the absence of a father. On the contrary, as a child I was more inclined to see men as a disturbing factor. It made things difficult for me when I started working as a director.”

— Michael Haneke

Michael Haneke Quote: “It’s much harder to write a script that involves two people in a single location than 20 people in 30 different locations.”

69. “It’s much harder to write a script that involves two people in a single location than 20 people in 30 different locations.”

— Michael Haneke

Michael Haneke Quote: “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 what I want, but it’s also a question of working with patience and love.”

70. “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 what I want, but it’s also a question of working with patience and love.”

— Michael Haneke

Michael Haneke Quote: “And if there was one title that could be applied to all my films, it would be ‘Civil War’ – not civil war in the way we know it, but the daily war that goes on between us all.”

71. “And if there was one title that could be applied to all my films, it would be ‘Civil War’ – not civil war in the way we know it, but the daily war that goes on between us all.”

— Michael Haneke

Michael Haneke Quote: “A strict form such as mine cannot be achieved through improvisation.”

72. “A strict form such as mine cannot be achieved through improvisation.”

— Michael Haneke

Michael Haneke Quote: “I want to be able to control things and that’s very difficult to do if you’re not 100% in a particular language. It makes you uncertain and it makes you nervous.”

73. “I want to be able to control things and that’s very difficult to do if you’re not 100% in a particular language. It makes you uncertain and it makes you nervous.”

— Michael Haneke

Michael Haneke Quote: “For me, it’s always difficult when a historical film claims to depict or represent a reality that none of us can know, that is always different. It’s always the case. We never know what happened then.”

74. “For me, it’s always difficult when a historical film claims to depict or represent a reality that none of us can know, that is always different. It’s always the case. We never know what happened then.”

— Michael Haneke

Michael Haneke Quote: “If you do an original film and you want to cut a scene out you do it. But when you do a shot by shot remake you don’t have that option and every scene has to work again.”

75. “If you do an original film and you want to cut a scene out you do it. But when you do a shot by shot remake you don’t have that option and every scene has to work again.”

— Michael Haneke

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