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" 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. "

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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. "

" Shoes have a meaning. "

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

" 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. "

" I am always asked, 'You grew up in Africa?' Every time I introduce a film, or I'm interviewed, 'You grew up in Africa?' "

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

" The cinema should be human and be part of people's lives; it should focus on ordinary existences in sometimes extraordinary situations and places. That is what really motivates me. "

" I listen to a lot of different kinds of music. "

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

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

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

" 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? "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" I don't think I see the way bodies move in any special way. People say I do, but everybody moves. I don't see why all of a sudden I'm a specialist in the way bodies move. "

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

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

" I'm not rich. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

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

" I'm not witty. "