“I could never work in that kind of commercial environment where the st...” — Pawel Pawlikowski Quote

“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 me, actors have to have a character, an aura, body language. They're not models. They used to call actors models. But I want them to participate in the film.”

“I'm more interested in people the way they are than what they've done onscreen before. So I don't worry much about the acting skills or the name, the status. I just think, 'Do I believe this person? Do I like them? Are they interesting, complicated, have the right aura, energy?'”

“I'm not interested in hearing yet another rapper tell me why he's the best. Why not tell a story set in a specific time and place? Create some characters, add a little bit of action and you're good to go.”

“I'm not interested in big-budget films, I'm interested in something a little more personal.”

“Life would be much easier if I just wrote the same book over and over again. But I'm not interested in doing that.”