Top 24 Quotes by Maximilian Schell

Music in this film is a very important part.

The interesting thing is that I found scenes which I put together which could appeal to almost every woman, or apply to almost every woman after the war. Falling in love, dancing, marrying.

Well, I did Marlene 15 years ago and that's in the style. It's somehow similar and not similar because Marlene was much more aggressive, funny and sad.

I played piano, I learned a lot about music.

A conversation goes sometimes into personal things and that's nicer. You look to each other and you have a different picture, you get into a relationship.

Directing is like meeting a woman. You don't know her, but something strikes you, and then you just have to go into it.

I think there's a poet who wrote once a tragedy by Shakespeare, a symphony by Beethoven and a thunderstorm are based on the same elements. I think that's a beautiful line.

I did have fun, for example, in The Black Hole which was very popular among youngsters.

I'm always happy when I'm left alone, but if somebody comes and is nice, then we talk.

To be honest, I don't think I'm an actor. I'm a creator - or try to be.