Michael Haneke Quotes

I’ve been accused of ‘raping’ the audience in my films, and I admit to that freely — all movies assault the viewer in one way or another.

I'm far more relaxed with German. I'm a control freak. I like to know exactly who's saying and doing what.

If you go with the principle, you should go with the principle. If I really saw the subject very differently than ten years ago, I would have done a different movie.

I think that religion is an integral part of human needs, but the question also is how you understand religion.

I want to be able to control things and that's very difficult to do if you're not 100% in a particular language. It makes you uncertain and it makes you nervous.