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" The history of colonisation cannot disappear. "

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" I'm not rich. "

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

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

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" Sometimes bleak is good. Sometimes bleak is necessary. Some part of life is always bleak. "

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" 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. "

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

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" I long to make films. I'm dying to be inside the next film. I always hope there will be another film. "