“I don't know what directing actors is all about apart from just castin...” — Pawel Pawlikowski Quote

“I don't know what directing actors is all about apart from just casting well and then shaping their performances a bit, you know.”

“I'm a pretty chaotic person, but I'm also a perfectionist. It's a very unfortunate mix.”

“I could never work in that kind of commercial environment where the stars have a lot to say, where the producers kind of push you around and tell you who to cast and who not to cast. I'm just not interested in that at all.”

“For dinner parties, I love making an easy cioppino using shrimp, mussels, clams, and a hearty fish that won't fall apart easily.”

“I had just begun an M.A. in Creative Writing, and I had to write a novel, so I began writing a novel that later became 'A Life Apart.'”

“The catalogue of forms is endless: until every shape has found its city, new cities will continue to be born. When the forms exhaust their variety and come apart, the end of cities begins.”