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Drama lives on conflict. If you're trying to deal with social issues seriously, there's no way of avoiding violence, which is so present in society.
— Michael Haneke
What I like are films that take me seriously, that don't treat me as more stupid than I am.
— Michael Haneke
On the set I make jokes I can't get too involved, or it turns into sentimental soup. I try to keep it light.
— Michael Haneke
To decide to film a movie again shot by shot, you must be masochistic to a certain degree because it is a much greater challenge.
— Michael Haneke
A strict form such as mine cannot be achieved through improvisation.
— Michael Haneke
I consider all my films an experiment, at least in my mind.
— Michael Haneke
In German. I'm more sensitized to the details, to the emotions. In English, I wouldn't detect as much nuance.
— Michael Haneke
I'm far more relaxed with German. I'm a control freak. I like to know exactly who's saying and doing what.
— Michael Haneke
It became a gamble to myself whether I was able to do the exact same film ["Funny Games"]under very different circumstances.
— Michael Haneke
As a private person, professionally I am invisible.
— Michael Haneke
Film is simply the most complex way you can express yourself
— Michael Haneke
I think that religion is an integral part of human needs, but the question also is how you understand religion.
— Michael Haneke
What we're doing for another person is more important than what we're feeling for them.
— Michael Haneke
An artist is someone who should raise questions rather than give answers. I have no message.
— Michael Haneke
It's harder to write a story with just two people in a room than with 50 characters.
— Michael Haneke
I try to get closer to reality, to get close to the contradictions. The cinema world can be a real world rather than a dream world.
— Michael Haneke
I consider all my films experiments.
— Michael Haneke
The dumber people are, the more they feel the need for a broad set of shoulders they can lay their head against.
— Michael Haneke
It's more enjoyable to shoot in a studio on a single location with two actors ... if they are good.
— Michael Haneke
A feature film is twenty-four lies per second.
— Michael Haneke
Usually music is used to hide a film's problems.
— Michael Haneke
It's much harder to write a script that involves two people in a single location than 20 people in 30 different locations.
— Michael Haneke
All movies assault the viewer in one way or another.
— Michael Haneke
At its best, film should be like a ski jump. It should give the viewer the option of taking flight, while the act of jumping is left up to him.
— Michael Haneke
Film is 24 lies per second at the service of truth, or at the service of the attempt to find the truth.
— Michael Haneke
I'm not really a happy person. It's a question of temperament. I have a tendency toward melancholy. You can feel quite happily melancholic.
— Michael Haneke
Of course, we avoid death. To know something is inevitable is one thing. To accept, to truly feel it ... that's different.
— Michael Haneke
As a European filmmaker, you can not make a genre film seriously. You can only make a parody.
— Michael Haneke
Never say no. It always depends on what's possible. I don't care so much where it is; it's what I want to do that matters.
— Michael Haneke
It's the duty of art to ask questions, not to provide answers. And if you want a clearer answer, I'll have to pass.
— Michael Haneke
I want my movies to be audience experiences. As much as I like Michael Haneke, I'm not going to make a Haneke film. That's just not in my DNA.
— Jason Reitman
I never use soundtrack; it is always part of the story.
— Michael Haneke