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" My grandfather died when I was 12, but I remember the sorrow of my mother. Even now, she's an old lady, but when she speaks about her father, she looks young. A love like that is undefeated, you know? "

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" 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. "

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

" I don't want to be mysterious. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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 think a film noir demands a beginning and an end. "

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

" I reproach so many things about my family, but on the other hand, I kept asking them to be my family. "

" What I like is the idea of a group, even if it's just two people - the idea of solitude within a group. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

Claire Denis

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You

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

" We don't all look alike - some people think they're tough, some people think they're fragile - but in the end, we share a lot. "

" 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. "

" When making a film, if I feel nothing in my body, I can't work. I have to touch. I have to feel. I never stop touching. "

" You don't grow up naive in Africa. "

" I'm tiny. I'm small. "

Claire Denis

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" Shoes have a meaning. "

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

" 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. "

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

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