I’ll never forget Spencer Tracy. He only worked from nine to one – then from three to five again. – Maximilian Schell
I did have fun, for example, in The Black Hole which was very popular among youngsters. – Maximilian Schell
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
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
I think there’s a poet who wrote once a tragedy by Shakespeare, a symphony by Beethoven and a thunderstorm are based on the same elements. I think that’s a beautiful line. – Maximilian Schell
First love is first love, first marriage is first marriage, disappointment is disappointment. – Maximilian Schell
Everything you do has certain significance, a certain weight. I think there is a film in everyone. – Maximilian Schell
A conversation goes sometimes into personal things and that’s nicer. You look to each other and you have a different picture, you get into a relationship. – Maximilian Schell
The interesting thing is that I found scenes which I put together which could appeal to almost every woman, or apply to almost every woman after the war. Falling in love, dancing, marrying. – Maximilian Schell
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
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
Well, I did Marlene 15 years ago and that’s in the style. It’s somehow similar and not similar because Marlene was much more aggressive, funny and sad. – Maximilian Schell
And in reality, I don’t think it’s a real documentary. It’s more a story of her life. It’s a story of survival. It’s a story of the time in which she lived. The story of success and failure. – Maximilian Schell
I never played the right roles, or very rarely got the right roles offered, except on stage. – Maximilian Schell
I’m always happy when I’m left alone, but if somebody comes and is nice, then we talk. – Maximilian Schell
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
We should never forget that Hollywood was built by Europeans, and the old Jewish boys from Eastern Europe. – Maximilian Schell
My mother was an actress and a director, as well. And my father was a playwright and poet. – Maximilian Schell
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