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" I am the eldest child; it's lonely at the top. "

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" I've never seen a world where only men were responsible for the violence, and the women were innocent. They go together. Men and women are a violent mixture. "

" I have very strong relationships with my actors when I'm shooting. When you love an actor's work, you always feel you have to go further, and you make several films together. One film just gives you time to get acquainted. "

" When I was a child I had a nightmare, and in the morning, I asked my mother and father, 'If I kill someone, would you still love me?' My parents were very preoccupied with this, but I think I'm not the only one to ask for that - not love, but absolute fidelity. "

" I hate the idea of growing accustomed to someone and being faithful. "

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" I always thought Vincent Lindon had a sexy body, a body you can trust, a solid body you can lean on. "

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" I always thought of Djibouti as a place where human history hasn't really begun yet - or perhaps it's already over. There's something in the landscape that's stronger than human civilisation. There's no agriculture, for example, and there are live volcanoes. "

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" I am not at all interested in theories about cinema. I am only interested in images and people and sound. I am really a very simple person. "

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" When you have countries that have a lot of minerals and diamonds and oil and are in business with companies from all over the world - but these companies don't share, really, their profits - this is called post-post-colonial. "