Quotes Philip Kaufman

And I liked this extreme character of de Sade....

But movies make a lot of money, and there are persons who wa...

But you know, there's always a danger nowadays that films ar...

Certainly since Freudian times, we all recognize that there ...

I don't think we soft-pedal anything. These stories are pret...

I read, therefore I'm interested in writers....

I shot a lot of close-ups on this movie 'cause there's like ...

Is there something to be said for the writings of the Marqui...

It just seemed to me to be a great story, set back in its ti...

Nowadays they either want to move the film to Canada or in s...

On the other hand, I think the ratings system needs some rew...

Similarly, the Marquis is presented in this film as someone ...

That's a little homage in a way to that and also to create t...

The danger is not so much in the economic structure of a soc...

The truth is, I'm drawn to all kinds of things....

The very people who were railing against communism in a way ...

They are always very lax about putting restrictions on viole...

This one, even though it called for San Francisco, I think t...

To me, thoughts are fun and art is fun. The strength of our ...

What's really interesting about that is that a lot of these ...

Whatever you think of de Sade, he was a complex figure and w...

Whereas European films have traditionally been able to go in...

You can have a lot of unhappiness by not having money, but t...