I connect with all of the characters in my films. That's what makes you want to make a film, that you can enter the mindset, the situation, the conflict, the contradictions. Pawel Pawlikowski characterconflictconnect Change image and share on social
I like to control my films from beginning to end, to write them the way I want. Pawel Pawlikowski begincontrolend Change image and share on social
It's much better to write a book and stick to the research - that's history. In cinema, emotional truth and psychological truth is much more important. Pawel Pawlikowski bookcinemaemotional Change image and share on social
I think - you know, the big trauma in my life, personally, was the fact that at 14, I was taken out of Poland unwittingly because my parents were divorced. Left the country - my mother left for England with her new husband. I wasn't even aware that she'd married him. Pawel Pawlikowski awarebigcountry share on social
When I write, I imagine scenes. I write things down. I take photographs. I do some casting. I rewrite. It's a permanent making or remaking. Pawel Pawlikowski castimaginemake Change image and share on social
Strangely, you know, my parents, who left Poland separately and, you know, divorced, ended up marrying other people. But then they met again abroad, and they got together again. Pawel Pawlikowski abroaddivorceend Change image and share on social
I love films that are many things at the same time while being simple. Pawel Pawlikowski filmlovesimple Change image and share on social
I dread to be compared to all these directors who have a lot of spontaneous emoting and swearing in their films - that is death; it's a cul-de-sac. It doesn't lift the material at all. It's just a cliched reproduction of what we think is normal behaviour. Pawel Pawlikowski behaviourclichcompare share on social
For me, filmmaking is not exactly a career. I was never in it for Hollywood or anything. My films are markers of where I am in life, where I am in my head. So that's what I'm working on, and I try to keep things in proportion - life and filmmaking. One feeds into the other. Pawel Pawlikowski careerfeedfilm share on social
I always write three or four projects at the same time. They're stories that I want to tell, and usually I dump them unfinished for the next one in order not to get too cornered and depressed about it. Pawel Pawlikowski cornerdepressdump share on social
