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" I have no relationship to the French bourgeoisie. I don't like connecting with them. "

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" My mother's father was from Brazil - a painter, and not a famous one - and was always broke. But he was a free spirit, a great grandfather. "

" Often, women as little girls are sent off on a track for them to live a perfect life and be a perfect woman. Not for boys, who can be themselves with their mood and their temper. "

" I hate family pressures and family responsibilities. I'm more comfortable as a stranger. I always imagined I could just live in a hotel. I'm afraid of family. "

" I think you cannot make films without choosing everything. "

" 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. "

" I'm not witty. "

" I didn't foresee my career. Things happen. "

" It's not that I don't like words. There's sometimes no need for words. "

" A career for me is something like building a bridge. You know, where to put the lifts. You have a plan. I have a blueprint for each film, but not for my life. "

" I don't know - music in film, for me, is not another part of a soundtrack; it is something that also helps to approach a character, to foresee the type of image - you see what I mean - it's like a part of the process. "

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

" The camera is not your eye, and it's not the eye of the audience. I don't think it's my eye, either. It belongs to the film. "

" I was never very interested in my own experience, I think, in fact, if my films have a common link, maybe it's being a foreigner - it's common for people who are born abroad - they don't know so well where they belong. "

" Africa is no more this poor continent. It's on the march. "

" I don't want to be mysterious. "

" A father who sees his daughter leave in the arms of another man does not feel the same as a mother. It is heartrending for her, too. But it is not the same. "

" Marguerite Duras was a very good friend of mine and an intellectual hero. She was also a sort of mother figure. Of course she was an influence. "

" I've experienced love and ambition and desire in my life, but never in the same way as in a family. "

" I'm not a tacky person, I think. "

" I've heard it said many times, 'Let's work on the look of the film,' but that doesn't work with me. "

" A film takes a lot of time, and yet not enough to share with the people you're making the movie with, I think. "

" I'm not a very brave person. "

" I can be unkind to someone in the street or in the subway - I'm a bad-tempered person - but I'm unable to be unkind to a character. They exist because of me, and I have responsibility for them. "

" The only thing I find interesting is self-interest. "

" I think cinema is linked to literature by a lot of social ways. Our brains are full of literature - my brain is. "

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

" Growing up outside your own country makes you feel that you don't belong when you return, so you feel free to make friends with whomever you like. "

" Making pizza is a great job. All that kneading the dough - everything to do with cooking is wonderful, sensual. "

" 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. "