Roman Polanski: To each his own cinema

Roman Polanski famously said, "Cinema should make you forget you are sitting in a theatre." Here are some unforgettable lines from his films

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Published: Fri 6 Nov 2015, 3:38 PM

She came to see me when I got out of Intensive Care. She said, there's bad news and there's good news. You're paralysed from the waist down - permanently. OK, I said, let's have the good news. That was the good news, she said. The bad news is that from now on, I'm taking care of you." - Peter Coyote as Oscar in Bitter Moon (1992)
You're just like him... only half his age, and twice as dumb." - Jolanta Umecka as Krystyna in Knife in the Water (1962)
Why don't you take your tie off? You look like you're choking to death." - Isabelle Adjani as Stella in The Tenant (1976)
What are you talking about? You look great. It's that haircut that looks awful." -John Cassavetes as Guy Woodhouse in Rosemary's Baby (1986)
Well, to tell you the truth, I lied a little." - Jack Nicholson as Jake Gittes in Chinatown (1974)
[Taking off his watch] Here, sell this. Food is more important than time." - Adrien Brody as Wladyslaw Szpilman in The Pianist (2002)
Morally you're supposed to overcome your impulses, but there are times you don't want to overcome them." - Christoph Waltz as Alan Cowan in Carnage (2011)
No, I'm ageing. This place is Shangri-La in reverse." - Ewan McGregor as The Ghost in The Ghost Writer (2010)

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