Kristoffer Polaha's Quotes
Born: 1977-02-18
Profession: Actor
Nation: American
Biography of Kristoffer Polaha
I did Shakespeare in college and the nerves I got doing Shakespeare are the same nerves I get doing 'Mad Men.'
Tags: College, Mad, MenI can only say that whatever my life and work have been, I'm not envious of anyone-and this is my biggest satisfaction.
Tags: Life, Whatever, WorkYou have to show violence the way it is. If you don't show it realistically, then that's immoral and harmful. If you don't upset people, then that's obscenity.
Tags: Show, Upset, ViolenceI did not have a reputation to defend.
Tags: Defend, ReputationI still had some honor... I still have some now.
Tags: HonorI want people to go to the movies. I am the man of the spectacle. I'm playing.
Tags: Movies, Playing, SpectacleIf you have a great passion it seems that the logical thing is to see the fruit of it, and the fruit are children.
Tags: Children, Great, PassionMy films are the expression of momentary desires. I follow my instincts, but in a disciplined way.
Tags: Expression, Films, FollowI don't really know what is shocking. When you tell the story of a man who is beheaded, you have to show how they cut off his head. If you don't, it's like telling a dirty joke and leaving out the punch line.
Tags: Leaving, Off, TellIn Paris, one is always reminded of being a foreigner. If you park your car wrong, it is not the fact that it's on the sidewalk that matters, but the fact that you speak with an accent.
Tags: Car, Speak, Wrong