Top 24 Quotes by Maximilian Schell

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 just think the word interview, although it is the view between two people exchanged, became a sort of cliche. You ask questions and the other one answers.

When you have the cast, the sets, the lights, an opera takes on its own life. I'm not one of those directors who marches in with a set of plans.

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.

I played piano, I learned a lot about music.

I'll never forget Spencer Tracy. He only worked from nine to one - then from three to five again.

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.

Music in this film is a very important part.

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