As an actor, I was a fantastic rebel. Then I became a directorial rebel and understood rebels from both sides. So now I am a friend who gives advice – not one who knows more, necessarily, but who shares ideas. Maximilian Schell Read Quote
When I was a young actor, in my first apartment, the first thing I bought was a Steinway piano. There was no bed at first. I slept on the floor. Maximilian Schell Read Quote
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. Maximilian Schell Read Quote
Directing is like meeting a woman. You don’t know her, but something strikes you, and then you just have to go into it. Maximilian Schell Read Quote
Everything you do has certain significance, a certain weight. I think there is a film in everyone. Maximilian Schell Read Quote
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. Maximilian Schell Read Quote
I’ll never forget Spencer Tracy. He only worked from nine to one – then from three to five again. Maximilian Schell Read Quote
My mother was an actress and a director, as well. And my father was a playwright and poet. Maximilian Schell Read Quote
Except here it’s more power, more energy, younger and also in Europe it’s still not only entertainment. Theater or films are looked at as a moral institution. That’s why maybe they’re so poetic. Here it’s clear entertainment. Maximilian Schell Read Quote
