However, that old mode of Polish filmmaking virtually disappeared.

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.

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.

Television theatre, as is implied in its name, should rely on adaptations of scripts written for the theatre.

In bringing dreams into fulfillment, pay no attention to different obstacles and difficulties

Choices and decisions must be supported by your passion, resolve and a productive work ethic. If these meet opportunity - your success has finally come!

In a valley betwixt two hills there I stood perfectly still. In this stance I did find the most beautiful secrets of my mind

There are no supermoms. Eventually, you just have to hope your kid survives all your parental screw-ups.

I demand a lot from myself and reflect this attitude upon others: I consider it to be an important quality for a leader. I also think it is impossible to achieve success without persistence.

Of course I regret not having been able to spend time with my family.

I've mellowed quite quickly.

People who look for easy money invariable pay for the privilege of proving conclusively that it cannot be found on this earth.

In Cree, an oskâpêwis is a servant or a helper, someone who hauls in rocks for sweats, or pipes or medicines. I equate that to leadership. You're a servant or helper of people.

What do they do for a village idiot when you're here?