Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" In Kurosawa's films, the tragedy is that this strong man was crushed by corruption or mistrust at the end. "

Related Quotes:

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" There seem to be more women producers than men. "

" For some reason, I have always been interested in the stories of people who are exiled and who are deprived of rights. My main motive to make a film is to keep the society in mind and the hospitality adhered. "

" 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. "

" I think working as an assistant was a part of knowing people who like cinema, and to learn from a movie, you have to watch it. "

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" Life is not better and more moral than it was in the '50s. It's just the same. "

" In a way, I feel obliged to respect Jean Rouch because I am told he is very important. "

" I'm a very sinister person. "

" I'm not a very brave person. "

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

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

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

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

" My films are always looked at strangely, and there is nothing I can do about it. "

" 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 don't remember being afraid of anything in making films. "

" What I don't like so much is to give explanations about people's behaviour... I'm not interested in making conclusions. I would never think about myself or anyone else, 'Well, this happened, this happened, this happened, so this must be the result.' It doesn't work like that with me. "

" I'm not rich. "

" Sometimes I feel like John Wayne. "

" 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. "

" You can spend your whole life in France without ever thinking about the Legion. "