By dint of that concern and because that society was willing to examine its particular reality, Solidarity could come into existence.

Language also encodes our past. We want to know who we are. To know who we are, we have to know who we used to be. Consequently, our literature, written in the past, anchors us in that past.

In Europe, there is no television filmmaking legislation that could assist film production because private broadcasters are not interested in supporting Polish film.

When a film is created, it is created in a language, which is not only about words, but also the way that very language encodes our perception of the world, our understanding of it.

At the same time, television theatre became more visibly active.

Nevertheless, in the theatre, and in the cinema, the contemporary reality of Poland has been represented only to a minuscule degree in the last 12 years.

The difficulty of writing a good theatre play set in new reality was even greater given that the level of similitude to life that is allowed in a film would not work on the stage.

There is no filmmaking legislation because distributors are not interested in sharing their money with the film industry - for instance, by giving a percentage of ticket sales back to filmmakers.

On the one hand, young theatre directors were coming to television theatre, because they wanted to get closer to the cinema, despite having studied and worked for the theatre.

However, that old mode of Polish filmmaking virtually disappeared.

In the first years after the systemic transition, our screens showed American entertainment that had not been available before, or had been available only sporadically.

Sometimes bonds are very simple.We don't want to care about the people who don't care about us.

The moon is my mother. She is not sweet like Mary.Her blue garments unloose small bats and owls.

Human beings have always told their histories and truths through parable and fable. We are inveterate storytellers.

Very often I suspend my musical sensibilities to enjoy music as a fan.

The woman is the reflection of her man

maturity ... is letting things happen.

It's much easier to wear your pain on the outside.

I don't cast somebody that I think is like my younger self.

Remain quiet. Don't feel you have to talk all the time. Go within and you will see the Loveliness behind all beauty.

As a general rule, I don't plan to travel with my Oscars, but we may have to make an exception.