Quote by Michael Haneke
When I first envisioned Funny Games in the mid-1990s, it was my in

When I first envisioned Funny Games in the mid-1990s, it was my intention to have an American audience watch the movie. It is a reaction to a certain American cinema, its violence, its naivety, the way American cinema toys with human beings. In many American films, violence is made consumable. – Michael Haneke

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My father and I had a good relationship, it was very relaxed. He had a lot of humour. He looked a little bit like me, although he had no beard. He had the appearance of a very elegant British-looking man. – Michael Haneke

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Drama lives on conflict. If youre trying to deal with social issues seriously, theres no way of avoiding violence, which is so present in society. – Michael Haneke

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People expect me to be dark and gloomy, then write that Im a jolly chap, and after all, that is what I am. I think its a case of an absolute romantic naivety that there should be a parallel between the work and the artist. – Michael Haneke

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If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets. – Mel Brooks

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Its funny, because I sometimes feel that Im most creative when Im pregnant. – Georgina Chapman

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I think I have a dark view of the world. I have to make everything funny, otherwise it all seems so sad. – Moon Unit Zappa

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So what I do now is to pre-empt that by making the up into a virtue, and telling funny stories about how crap I am before people have a chance to notice it for themselves and think maybe I havent realised. – Emily Mortimer

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